Honest question: how exactly is just using the name of a group of people (marginalised or not), without any epithets or modifiers, disrespectful or offensive? (“because some members of that group have said so” isn't valid).
+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@tripu what's more interesting to me is: why are almost exclusively long standing free software projects and organizations targeted by these bullshit actions? FSF, apache, those all are things objectively making the world a better place.
really makes you think ™️
@bonifartius But those whimsical campaigns are also affecting large companies, universities, product names, etc, right?
@tripu not to this degree though, companies usually have enough money to just buy their way out. do some diversity hires for a diversity team and have them do whatever they like in their little enclosed zone.
volunteer projects are destroyed by this shit. imagine if the FSF really just had kicked out RMS and gave in to all demands. they'd be like the FSFE now, a total woke club who usurped the good name of FSF.
@bonifartius
Agreed. Large companies have many more resources to weather (fake) controversies.
OTOH, the general public doesn't know or understand or care about “slave databases”, “master branches” or “Apache Foundation” remotely as much as they are familiar with Patagonia, Iceland, Amazon, etc, so the mobs there are much bigger and more vociferous.