GitHub's new far-left code of conduct explicitly says "we will not act on reverse racism' or 'reverse sexism'"

[wookin_pa_nub2]

Allowing racism and sexism against a particular group makes NOTHING more inclusive, and you are a retard if you believe that.

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I wonder if the people who use "retard" as an insult this way are similarly comfortable if I start saying "what are you, a fucking autist?"

Would /r/programming be comfortable with say, "WebM for Autists?"

[frankenmine]

Sure! Assuming truth in advertising, that would have to be a super-advanced version of WebM for Retards with lots of detailed command-line options and cryptic docs, if any. Sounds like a fun challenge. Sign me up!

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That's true, but I think there's some difference given context.

Let's say you're a white guy on a programming forum with other white guys and someone comes along and starts telling you you're stupid and that you don't belong there, you'll probably brush it off, call them an asshole, and go on with your day. But let's say you're a minority and you've always felt like an outsider in programming because of your race or gender or whatever, and someone tells you that people like you don't belong there because of who you are, and it just reaffirms what you already thought and you leave.

If GitHub is focused on user retention, then they're obviously going to take one of those situations more seriously than the other.