Jonathan Carter <j...@debian.org> writes: > On 2019/01/04 15:44, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> Note that I'm not talking about refusing to republish (I know what that >> is). I'm talking about declining to speak based on concern about >> disproportionate reaction from our leadership/delegates for doing so >> (I'm also not arguing that did or didn't happen in any recent situation >> - I am trying to see if there is some consensus to be found on at least >> how to talk about it). > Since there were so many replies to your email without actually > answering your question, I decided to indulge. > I think what you're referring to above is self-censorship, I think this > wikipedia page resonates with what you're trying to get across: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship Thank you, Jonathan. That was a much better response than my too-flippant one. Also, I never said this in my replies, but thank you, Scott, for looking for a less charged word than censorship to talk about this. I think that makes the conversation better. And indeed it's possible for communities to go too far and create self-censorship that is harmful and gets in the way of talking about important issues, so it's useful to have a term for this so that we can talk about whether Debian is close to that line or not. It was a good question and deserved a real answer. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
