[II2II]

I'm sorry, but I don't really buy into these arguments.

If open source communities stuck to technical matters, there would be little to no need for moderators to pass judgment on political or social views. Their primary role would be in conflict resolution over technical matters.

Unfortunately, people being people, political and social views will emerge. Also, people being people, any attempt by moderators to check these discussions will result in complaints, by one side or the other, about being silenced over "correct speak". It does not much matter which side of the social or political spectrum a person falls on.

[zahlman]

> If open source communities stuck to technical matters, there would be little to no need for moderators to pass judgment on political or social views. Their primary role would be in conflict resolution over technical matters.

As far as I can tell, this all ultimately started because a fringe of activists (aligned with this group of moderators, and possibly including them) within the community decided they didn't like the political implications of where the project got its funding.

[fishmicrowaver]

Lol these kids are like the HOA. Oh no you're resigning? Good riddance.

[TehCorwiz]

No. HOAs were established to give cover to post civil rights redlining.

[zb3]

Are you sure they would focus on technical matters if I did too? In a given community I can stick to technical matters, then on "my blog" I can write about my political positions.

There's one side that doesn't practically care about that, and then there's the other side that would want me not only removed from that community, cancelled, but even physically assaulted because apparently that's ok because I hold the "wrong" views so laws and human rights no longer apply.