Social Justice Warriors Thread

[Martin Hash]

That one has such an easy rebuttal: "You shut up. If we want your opinion, we'll ask for it."

[TheReal_ND]

Amazing how these women grow balls when they are far away from their home countries.

[Zlaxer]

No - you are all getting this wrong - let the fucking femi nazis keep it up - its only making the wedge deeper - fuck this shit - the sooner we split, the better. Make the proles choose sides.

[Hastur]

So now we have Comic-Cons kicking out artist because of accusations of xenophobia.

http://boundingintocomics.com/2018/09/1 ... comic-con/

Grand Rapids Comic-Con announced that Mike S. Miller will no longer be attending their convention that is set to take place from November 9-11 at the Devos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Mike S. Miller took to YouTube to report that the Grand Rapids Comic-Con cancelled their contract with Miller.

Miller notes, “Even though they invited me, signed a contract for me to go there, were going to pay me an appearance fee…They apparently decided I was a xenophobe. Xenophobe is the word used because of our friend the Nigerian prince.”

Miller also references cosplayer and Twitter user Renfamous calling her Notfamous believing she is behind Grand Rapids canceling Miller’s contract, “Apparently it’s from Notfamous on her little tirade to make sure none of us can make a living in our chosen profession.” Miller explains his reasoning, “Someone said they did a Twitter search of me, my name, and Grand Rapids Comic-Con, and the only connection was that blue-haired bimbo, who shall go unnamed on my channel.”

[The Conservative]

So now we have Comic-Cons kicking out artist because of accusations of xenophobia.

http://boundingintocomics.com/2018/09/1 ... comic-con/

Grand Rapids Comic-Con announced that Mike S. Miller will no longer be attending their convention that is set to take place from November 9-11 at the Devos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Mike S. Miller took to YouTube to report that the Grand Rapids Comic-Con cancelled their contract with Miller.

Miller notes, “Even though they invited me, signed a contract for me to go there, were going to pay me an appearance fee…They apparently decided I was a xenophobe. Xenophobe is the word used because of our friend the Nigerian prince.”

Miller also references cosplayer and Twitter user Renfamous calling her Notfamous believing she is behind Grand Rapids canceling Miller’s contract, “Apparently it’s from Notfamous on her little tirade to make sure none of us can make a living in our chosen profession.” Miller explains his reasoning, “Someone said they did a Twitter search of me, my name, and Grand Rapids Comic-Con, and the only connection was that blue-haired bimbo, who shall go unnamed on my channel.”

Private company... although we have seen what that means to the LGBQ(alphabet soup) groups.

Of course we know they can’t be bigoted, racist, or anything else can we?

And if people are just waking up to this kind of treatment to other... fuck they are late to the party.

[GloryofGreece]

Sad for Chase
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... 0925e53015

[heydaralon]

Sad for Chase
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... 0925e53015

At least he still has his booze and friends.

[Speaker to Animals]

I bet he has great escorts.

[heydaralon]

I bet he has great escorts.

Shit I hope Chase will be in the next Air Bud sequel. He really would be PAW-SOME in it.

[Hastur]

Did anyone post this yet?

The Post-Meritocracy Manifesto

Meritocracy is a founding principle of the open source movement, and the ideal of meritocracy is perpetuated throughout our field in the way people are recruited, hired, retained, promoted, and valued.

But meritocracy has consistently shown itself to mainly benefit those with privilege, to the exclusion of underrepresented people in technology. The idea of merit is in fact never clearly defined; rather, it seems to be a form of recognition, an acknowledgement that “this person is valuable insofar as they are like me.”

(If you are not familiar with criticisms of meritocracy, please refer to the resources on this page.)

It is time that we as an industry abandon the notion that merit is something that can be measured, can be pursued on equal terms by every individual, and can ever be distributed fairly.

What does a post-meritocracy world look like? It is founded on a core set of values and principles, an affirmation of belonging that applies to everyone who engages in the practice of software development.

Our Values

These core values and principles are:

• We do not believe that our value as human beings is intrinsically tied to our value as knowledge workers. Our professions do not define us; we are more than the work we do.
• We believe that interpersonal skills are at least as important as technical skills.
• We can add the most value as professionals by drawing on the diversity of our identities, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Homogeneity is an antipattern.
• We can be successful while leading rich, full lives. Our success and value is not dependent on exerting all of our energy on contributing to software.
• We have the obligation to use our positions of privilege, however tenuous, to improve the lives of others.
• We must make room for people who are not like us to enter our field and succeed there. This means not only inviting them in, but making sure that they are supported and empowered.
• We have an ethical responsibility to refuse to work on software that will negatively impact the well-being of other people.
• We acknowledge the value of non-technical contributors as equal to the value of technical contributors.
• We understand that working in our field is a privilege, not a right. The negative impact of toxic people in the workplace or the larger community is not offset by their technical contributions.
• We are devoted to practicing compassion and not contempt. We refuse to belittle other people because of their choices of tools, techniques, or languages.
• The field of software development embraces technical change, and is made better by also accepting social change.
• We strive to reflect our values in everything that we do. We recognize that values that are espoused but not practiced are not values at all.

Signatories
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