Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing views” from its CoC

Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by rat87 on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:52AM (#28716441)

but white supremacists including those on 4chan /pol/ have used OK as an actual racist sign. That may not be the dominant meaning of the symbol but it is one that exists.

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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by mpweiher on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:52AM (#28717261)

And we let white supremacists hijack our language?

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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by rat87 on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:32AM (#28727518)

Nazis basically took over the Swastika, a symbol with thousands of years of use, in at least half of the world.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29644591

I'm not saying we should or that random neo-nazis have that same power to take over it but we should acknowledge that some uses of the symbol are racist

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