> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 12:37 AM > From: "David Brown" <david.br...@hesbynett.no> > To: "John Darrington" <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> > Cc: "Christopher Dimech" <dim...@gmx.com>, "David Malcolm" > <dmalc...@redhat.com>, g...@gnu.org > Subject: Re: GCC association with the FSF > > > > On 09/04/2021 20:36, John Darrington wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 07:01:07PM +0200, David Brown wrote: > > > > Different opinions are fine. Bringing national or international > > politics into the discussion (presumably meant to be as an insult) is > > not fine. This is not a political discussion - please stop trying to > > make it one. > > > > For the record it was David who first brought up the political allegory so > > this comment should be directed in his direction. > > Fair enough. > > > > > As for your second point, I find it disappointing but not suprising that > > you "presumed" this comment to be an insult. This is precisely the > > thing which has caused so much poisonous discourse in recent years. Some > > people take any opinion they disagree with and look for ways to interpret > > it as an insult. This gives them a lever to claim that anyone who holds > > that opinion is a chauvanist, a bigot or worse. This must stop. > > > > I did not take the comment as an insult - I merely presumed that when > Christopher says someone is acting like the Russian or Chinese > government, he does not mean it in a good way. (His later posts make > that entirely clear.) I simply don't want to see this turn into a > political discussion.
It was meant to enlighten you. Although it has not yet done so, the basic philosophy of removing people from the community, was the same philosophy used in Russia and China. > I agree with you entirely that it is not helpful to perceive insults, > prejudice or bigotry - in general, it is important to keep the > discussion polite and try to remain focused. That is what I wanted to > do by asking Christopher to avoid politics. Politics is also my business. Have heard many discuss "Representations of values of a group (e.g. of Free Software)", "Marginalisation and removal of people from all positions in society to undermine the likelihood or making an impact, rather than being merely spectators but not participants in action".
