Fundamentally, "micro-aggressions" describe insults and dismissals. Interpreting insults and dismissals as aggression leads only to an atrophy of the skills needed to mediate one's own disputes with others. I oppose the use of the term absolutely.
--------------------- Christopher Dimech General Administrator - Naiad Informatics - GNU Project (Geocomputation) - Geophysical Simulation - Geological Subsurface Mapping - Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation - Natural Resource Exploration and Production - Free Software Advocacy > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 8:27 PM > From: "Aaron Gyes via Gcc" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> > To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org > Subject: Re: removing toxic emailers > > > I wasn't even implying that these cultures are 'good' or 'bad', just > > that they exist and differ from the various regional cultures which > > exist all over the world. I think people were quite touchy at my line > > of questioning. I recognise that there are differences between i.e. > > LA and Seattle or SF and NY, but those differences pale in comparison > > to the differences between Moscow and LA, Beijing and NY, or Sydney > > and SF -- and those are all still large international cities. > > > Give me a break Forsku. > > Could you care to share how you feel imposed upon or feel disenfranchised by > this discussion not being sensitive to your culture? How does a code of > conduct, > or how would discouraging “micro-aggressions” disrespect your lived > experiences > or make it uncomfortable for you to contribute to GCC? > > > The fact that over 50% of the SC is based in (probably?) urban North > > America should give pause to some humility that it may not represent > > the truly global nature of hackerdom. On a technical front this isn't > > important, but if you're trying to impose *culture* on a global group, > > it might be useful to remember that you have a steering group in which > > over 50% of its members represent urban North America, but in the > > world, only about 2% of the population live in urban North America. > > > As far as I understand it Chris Punches lives in North America. > > Only 2% of the world population lives in the US, indeed, most live in China. > > It’s interesting the unkind reaction Liu Hao received in this very thread > when they encountered the arguments making a false equivalency of these > proposals > to their countries’ history. I’m sure he felt not great, being forced to > either > defend the CCP or not share their views on the questions of this conversation. > > What is even the argument you are making at this point? > > Aaron > >
