29 Jan
2025
29 Jan
'25
12:01 a.m.
On 2025/01/28 23:05, Arc Riley wrote:
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 4:01 AM JC Brand
<lists(a)opkode.com> wrote:
FWIW, I don't think coming up with ever more fine-grained
categorization of what constitutes marginalized persons and
putting that in the CoC is the right way to go.
One can always come up with more categories of marginalized
people, and trying to enumerate all of them in a CoC is IMO
impractical, while mentioning only some of them can create the
impression that some categories of people are "more equal" than
others.
It isn't always about practical enforcement, it is a statement of values.
As a member who belongs to at least three of the typically listed
groups, including LGBT, and I have been assaulted for this, I rarely
read the lists but it makes me feel safer in new groups.
Our CoC already deals with "behaviour that poses a clear and present
threat of physical harm", not to mention that assault is also illegal,
regardless of the reason it happens.
I'm sure if someone was assaulted at an XSF event, the perpetrator would
be removed and ideally criminally charged with an offense.
Also, it's not only LGBT people who get assaulted. I've been assaulted,
more than once. So why should we delve ever more deeply into ever
expanding categories of marginalization instead of just saying we won't
tolerate behaviour X (e.g. "physical harm")?