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comment by low_ho_fosho
low_ho_fosho  ·  3449 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Call for transphobic contributer to be removed from open source project.

Hmm... that's an interesting point. I feel like if this guy was a CEO or someone with authority over employees, then he should resign, because he would have power over other people and his antisocial views would contribute to a less productive workplace. But if this is just a random guy helping out, just like all the other people helping out, and no one is really committed to stay with the project in the first place, then maybe the project should live or die based on whether or not people are willing to continue working with him.

It's like if a charity denied a contribution from a wealthy donor because the donor is homophobic. Should the charity really care who the money comes from?

That said, I'm not entirely sure what it's like working on a project like this, maybe I don't understand the dynamics.





Grendel  ·  3449 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Everyone has views that can be labeled "antisocial" by someone else. Using this logic, nobody should be allowed to be CEO. I don't see how a CEO's personal views would make the workplace less productive, provided that he kept them to himself.