It seems that, as a rule, modern open source communities devolve into an utter shitshow. Well done to the voices of reason, thumb voters and the maintainer for handling this appropriately.
Yes, I find it incredible that seeing a word like "cop" makes someone uncomfortable/unable to do their job. Reading the rest of the replies made me feel like I was crazy one. (thankfully the thumb votes show that most people disagree) I know these people mean well, but I view these people as bullies disguised as allies.
Also, for all the "projection" they talk of, they are projecting US-centric views on to the wider world innit? Not many countries have cops carrying military grade guns/tanks and randomly shooting...
>they are projecting US-centric views on to the wider world innit?
Projecting, maybe, but at the same time the last few weeks have shown there's a not insignificant amount of people in other Western countries who are addicted to American culture, latched closely to the teat, who are all too eager to have American issues imported into their own societies.
I don't have a dog in this fight but have to say I was pleased to see bbatsov stand up to the pressure. It's ridiculous that these people who have contributed nothing to the project think they can come in and tell those who have devoted a huge amount of effort to it what they should be doing. The level of entitlement is simply off the scale.
I have two pigs. They've very clean animals. Only pigs that are forced to live in piles of their own feces are "filthy." A pig with options will use mud to protect them from the sun but they prefer to bathe in water. Calling cops "pigs" is insulting to my pigs.
Pigs are highly intelligent and sympathetic creatures. I'm told that they're more intelligent than dolphins. Please do not malign them, and please consider not eating them.
Why are you bringing this up again? It happened over a week ago, and afaik, things are all settled now. Are you looking to spark light to the flaming again? Please stop with the needless provocations.
The point -- for me, anyway -- isn't what some piece of software happens to be named. You all can call it what you like. The point is that the prevailing mindset in the US today has devolved to the point that people actually reason in this fashion. And that is hardly settled now.
Can we take a moment to appreciate that the movie this project is named after is about the harm done to society by an out-of-control overly militarized police force?
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 51.3 ms ] threadProjecting, maybe, but at the same time the last few weeks have shown there's a not insignificant amount of people in other Western countries who are addicted to American culture, latched closely to the teat, who are all too eager to have American issues imported into their own societies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA_Tl1kvlQU
https://metaredux.com/posts/2020/06/08/the-rubocop-name-dram...