[andrewguenther]

> I have submitted myself to our Code of Conduct as a participant in this project. I have been involved in the application of our Code of Conduct. But I do not accept it as a sacred text that is above critique or even discussion.

This, to me, is one of the most important lines of his response. I feel like critiques of CoCs and other related documents and processes coming from a white male are often interpreted as hostile. I would consider myself an ally, but I am afraid to weigh in on these kinds of discussions because differing opinions are so often manipulated into "hate" and "toxicity."

[adamrezich]

> I feel like critiques of CoCs and other related documents and processes coming from a white male are often interpreted as hostile.

At what point do we stop ignoring this inconvenient truth?

[retox]

If you want to be taken seriously by these troublemaking outrage addicts as a while male, you need to get a weird haircut and to dye your hair a few different colors. Chunky glasses are a plus.

[s73ver_]

Statements like yours do nothing to help matters.