[the_third_wave]

As an "activist language" born in an "activist organisation" (Mozilla) Rust seems to attract "activist developers" who are intent on "creating a better world". Since it is close to impossible to define "better" in an objective way - every activist knows where the world should go but they all have slightly different views on where that should be - and since many of these people have built their identity around their activism and are convinced they are right and often are somewhat lacking in interpersonal skills this is a recipe for (to use a phrase often bandied about in these circles) a toxic environment. The introduction of codes of conduct was supposed to improve on these problems but in practice they have made things worse by amplifying small 'missteps' into 'serious issues'. Combine this with the presence of a number of seemingly ever-offended individuals claiming to be 'oppressed' or 'disadvantaged', some 'toxic femin(ism)inity' [1] claiming things about 'white toxic masculinity' and you quickly end up in a mire.

[1] https://archive.ph/f10KK