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by sam_goody 2113 days ago
That is a good point. I personally think that even when you invite a guest you don't know to lunch, you should steer clear of emotionally charged subjects, but that may be an extreme position.

But in the case of a project with over 50 branches, and hundreds of thousands of users, that advertises an active community and wants me to get involved, then it is entirely something else. There I think that great pains should be taken to keep out emotionally charged views, as there are bound to be lots of people that you actually want to be part of your community that will feel out of place. Hence my statement "large open source project".