• Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

    From Steve Langasek@21:1/5 to Dmitry Smirnov on Tue Mar 30 21:00:01 2021
    On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 06:56:49PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
    Cancel "culture" arrived in Debian and it threatens the project:

    https://davidblixtauthor.medium.com/cancel-culture-and-responsibility-b5b8065c3cbd


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    Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org

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  • From Daniel Lange@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 31 09:30:02 2021
    Am 30.03.21 um 20:19 schrieb Steve Langasek:
    On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 06:56:49PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
    Cancel "culture" arrived in Debian and it threatens the project:

    https://davidblixtauthor.medium.com/cancel-culture-and-responsibility-b5b8065c3cbd


    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.html

    for a much better piece on why cancel culture exists, where it comes from and what it does.

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