Re: http://dancerscode.com/blog/why-the-open-code-of-conduct-isnt-for-me/
They, like all forms of political correctness, center around people being offended, sometimes about things like technical ability which can and should be spoken about frankly in any open source project.
Right, so there’s behaviour such as not accepting a PR and saying it didn’t meet review, or there’s telling a newbie that they shouldn’t write code because they’re a woman/trans/person of colour/etc. There’s closing a PR and there’s closing a PR with a joke containing something about a kitchen and a sandwich that we’ve all heard hundreds of times prior attached to it.
>Judging and punishing the behavior of those who speak based on the sensibilities of those who listen is a standard which is inherently unfair to the speaker. This precipitates an environment where the exchange of ideas between people who differ is impossible if either of them thinks that the other may find the topic offensive. This carries with it the danger of stiflin