I do think it has become unfortunate that the choices in a lot of online communities is either "PC police" or "White nationalism". I know people will be quick to proclaim that this is a false choice, but I think Linus correctly identifies that the nuance is lost in most of these online communities and that defending language without any CoC has largely come to be defined with the anti-PC people who seem to see a liberal agenda around every corner.
All sense of moderation has left our discourse (not just in tech), but I do think the right choice is to identify with the PC police types (as Linus seems to be indicating) and to try to be kind and corrective whenever the more ardent members of that group start to lose all sense of proportion.
Here's hoping we can all come back to some sense of moderation one day. Linus definitely crossed the line a few times, but overall it never seemed personal, at least to me, but always about the tech.
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[ 6.1 ms ] story [ 20.9 ms ] threadAll sense of moderation has left our discourse (not just in tech), but I do think the right choice is to identify with the PC police types (as Linus seems to be indicating) and to try to be kind and corrective whenever the more ardent members of that group start to lose all sense of proportion.
Here's hoping we can all come back to some sense of moderation one day. Linus definitely crossed the line a few times, but overall it never seemed personal, at least to me, but always about the tech.