{"id":14961,"date":"2018-09-25T01:44:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T08:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=14961"},"modified":"2018-09-25T01:44:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T08:44:15","slug":"kernal-of-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/09\/25\/kernal-of-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Kernal of Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14962\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/purge-linux-of-thought-criminals-penguin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/purge-linux-of-thought-criminals-penguin.jpg 576w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/purge-linux-of-thought-criminals-penguin-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The threat from &#8220;Social Justice&#8221; in technology comes not just from <a href=\"https:\/\/ha.x0r.be\/posts\/chrome-is-a-google-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corporations<\/a>, but now can be found in the open source community, as can be seen by Linux adopting a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Azu_Rayn\/status\/1041514407786958848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social justice<\/a>&#8221; friendly &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Linux-Kernel-Code-of-Conduct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">code of conduct<\/a>&#8221; (CoC), where vague prohibitions of trolling and &#8220;insulting&#8221; comments come hand in hand with punishing people for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/totalxy\/status\/1041534237856460800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improper<\/a>&#8221; pronouns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">you can now be banned for:<\/p>\n<p>trolling<br \/>improper pronouns <br \/>\u201cinsulting\u201d comments<\/p>\n<p>weaponized autism lmao gfy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YiM4fzeR5i\">pic.twitter.com\/YiM4fzeR5i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; t0tal (@totalxy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/totalxy\/status\/1041534237856460800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This new &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinics.net\/lists\/kernel\/msg2907535.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">code of conduct<\/a>&#8221; is already being used as a cudgel to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grummz\/status\/1042180883279577089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punish the doubleplusungood unpersons<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exactly. Nobody is arguing with \u201cbe nice and don\u2019t harass others\u201d everybody wants this.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that I already have a couple of devs and one reporter here trying to use the code to find wrong thinkers and punish them with this new COC, often while violating it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kze8jRrNpU\">https:\/\/t.co\/kze8jRrNpU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Kern (@Grummz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grummz\/status\/1042180883279577089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;However, ironically enough, this very same CoC could be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tgheretford\/status\/1042890780887711747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used by those burned by the SJWs<\/a> to burn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinics.net\/lists\/kernel\/msg2907535.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linux to the ground<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Already suggestions of rescinding of code, legal action and burn it to the ground for those who find themselves guilty of the vague terms of the Code of Conduct: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bxd0SyX0ew\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bxd0SyX0ew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just hope the Linux and FOSS community will push back against this.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gareth Hart (@tgheretford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tgheretford\/status\/1042890780887711747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--more-->This isn&#8217;t just limited to Linux&#8217;s kernal, however, but also to others, such as with PHP, and will purge good programmers just as what happened with <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/03\/31\/the-real-bigots-regarding-same-sex-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/07\/22\/the-gatekeepers-of-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eich<\/a> who was working with <a href=\"http:\/\/paul-m-jones.com\/archives\/6214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firefox<\/a>. Eich rebounded and started the <a href=\"https:\/\/brave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brave Browser<\/a> project, and perhaps this could happen again, though a bit more easily, especially with various flavors of BSD available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Hat Tip<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/ai.mee.nu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixy Misa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kernal of Social Justice\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The threat from 'Social Justice' in technology comes not just from corporations, but now can be found in the open source community, as can be seen by Linux adopting a 'social justice' friendly 'code of conduct' (CoC), where vague prohibitions of trolling and \"insulting\" comments come hand in hand with punishing people for \"improper\" pronouns.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/purge-linux-of-thought-criminals-penguin.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The threat from &#8220;Social Justice&#8221; in technology comes not just from corporations, but now can be found in the open source community, as can be seen by Linux adopting a &#8220;social justice&#8221; friendly &#8220;code of conduct&#8221; (CoC), where vague prohibitions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/09\/25\/kernal-of-social-justice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[55,48],"class_list":["post-14961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progressives","tag-gender","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14961"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14965,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14961\/revisions\/14965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}