[celliopia]

"Dear linuxfoundation. Can you please clarify the precise violation of the code of conduct in this case. Many of us watching these events are interested in your process and reasoning. We may not wish to support events that use unfair and arbitrary processes." [0]

That tweet from Uncle Bob reassures me that I'm not the only one confused. In reading through the tweets I'm still not sure what the offense in question was (and I don't have all afternoon to sift through tweets to figure it out).

[0] https://twitter.com/unclebobmartin/status/119241336385646182...

[alpaca128]

I just spent 5 minutes looking for something offensive that could be the reason for the Linux Foundation throwing out someone, but the only thing I could find was someone posting a selfie in front of the Trump Tower. The person demanding his removal apparently made racist posts, so this kind of decision seems...strange with what's shown in the link.

All questions for the actual reason in that Twitter thread get answered with things like "you haven't read the tweets" or "this is a bad faith argument", so it's all a bit confusing.

[salawat]

So, I've drilled up the threads a bit, and haven't found what he said, but have seen more than enough hysterics and bad faith communication on his accuser's part to lead me to suspect this is the same genera of cancelculture folks that got engaged over the Stallman's speaking out for calm and civility in regards to Minsky. In fact, Sarah Mei is a name I keep coming back too during deep dives into tech community character assassination.

All of it seems to stem from something John Sonmez did.

Here's his side of the story.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=HvjQ3Mx-jWg

To be frank, this is becoming a bit of a predictable pattern.

=====BEGIN CONTEXT===== Main thread from cmaxw weighing in. No issues with him): https://mobile.twitter.com/cmaxw/status/1187108668606541824

Kim Crayton's oh so enlightened response (scroll to the top): https://mobile.twitter.com/e_p82/status/1187175306010005504

So... Take from it what you will. Twitter interface is terrible.

=====End Context======

Just looks like another social media based mobbing to me.

John isn't a saint by his own admission, but who amongst us is? No reason to be trying to cancel a person's work just because you disagree with them.

This dive into social media drama brought to you by me. Trying to build context so you don't have to.

[aaronchall]

He says an email he got said it was "tone policing".

The tone of these people is rather outrageous, and it seems all he was doing was calling for calm.

https://twitter.com/cmaxw/status/1192258710804058112

[Fellshard]

There's been no evidence. Every dead-end 'please provide evidence' request I can find, I'm tagging with this hashtag: https://twitter.com/hashtag/LinuxFoundationKangarooCourt

[jstewartmobile]

reminds me of what happened to crockford for "nodevember."

doug was apparently a very naughty boy, but no one would give a straight answer on what the charges were.