They're a weapon of "social justice" - 90% of CoC rules are common-sense stuff that doesn't have to be said, combined with one or two "progressive" ideas shoehorned in.

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KaiserPro 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Mate, thats just rules. rules you don't agree with.

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Brian_K_White 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, the problem with CoCs is exactly that they are not "just rules".

They are something else hijacking the legitimacy of normal justified functional articulable rules.

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15155 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Often these "rules" extend to conduct far outside of the purview of a project - typically crossing into identity politics.

"If you espouse views I don't like on your personal Twitter, you can't contribute to this entirely unrelated software project."

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thunderfork 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This can sometimes, in practice, be reasonable. If letting muh_dick_1488 open PRs means everyone else stops contributing, well, you're gonna have to pick a group to keep.

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oytis 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, that probably depends on how extreme are the views? If you write a blog post about there being too many colored people in London, how are non-white developers supposed to collaborate with you?

	▲	15155 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Perhaps by minding your own business and focusing on the work? Nobody is forcing you to view that person's blog or to even know it exists. If that individual's viewpoints somehow visibly leak into their work or professional communications, then you might have a case for complaint or concern.

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swed420 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And "social justice" is often a weapon of capital interests in disguise.

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fortran77 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I was once told I couldn’t present a calorie counting/diet app at an Elm conference because it violated their CoC about discrimination based on “body size”.