@SuperDicq @hfaust @jeffcliff @baleine

"If mass-surveillance is a problem for you, you must be harboring terrorist propaganda!"

Decide for yourself if I've been an "insufferable asshole" on the Guix ML; the shitstorm started on the 20th with a 5-byte patch that I proposed:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-02/threads.html

With some backstory on the CoC's GitHub repo:

https://github.com/EthicalSource/contributor_covenant/pull/548

No misgendering, no insults, no sarcasm, nothing. Just pointing out that it's wrong to write a CoC in such a way that it lists every single human characteristic under the sun that one could suffer discrimination for, yet intentionally leaving out sex.

And for that, of course, I'm a "transphobe" because all that "transphobe" means now is "sinner" or "heretic" or "difficult person" who dares to point out issues that shall not be talked about.

I used to be a LOT more patient. I've lost all of it, because of the assholery and bigoted zealotry I've faced every step of the way.

And I'm still staunchly left-wing and progressive; most young people who haven't thought about this much just see a bunch of authoritarian assholes trying to control them, and pivot to right-wing politics as an escape. THAT is a big part of the reason why every fifth German is now voting for a far-right party, and why Trump won the U.S. election. Not necessarily *the* reason if you ask me, but definitely a significant part of it. The "vibes" of the left are simply off, and "wokism" is among the primary culprits for why that is so. The left is now seen the way religious zealots and puritans were seen 30-40 years ago, from what I can tell (I'm 31 what do I know about that).