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

Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by awb on Friday October 01, 2021 @09:47AM (#28718367)

From the PR: https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/pull/2690

> @hmdne commented yesterday

> @Try2Code A protected class is a group of people that has been historically discriminated or a group of people we (as humanity) want to privilege to offset the years of discrimination - but that's not all. For example the People of Color are a protected class, because of slavery. Members of board of directors of the big corporations are a protected class because they financially contribute to the cause. The non-heterosexuals are a protected class, because of discrimination. Women are a protected class obviously. I don't know how to better define it. The dictionaries should have a more understandable definition.

Side note: anyone follow what this means? “Members of board of directors of the big corporations are a protected class because they financially contribute to the cause.”?

> @peterc commented yesterday

> Since California has been mentioned, I'm guessing these: https://www.senate.ca.gov/content/protected-classes

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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by White_Wolf on Friday October 01, 2021 @10:54AM (#28719222)

"group of people we (as humanity) want to privilege to offset the years of discrimination" -->the humanity part is the part that have a problem with tbh (explanation below)

The "(as humanity)" should be removed. A protected class in US/UK might of been the oppresor in other countries. Example below.

Romania and Bulgaria have been invaded countless times by the ottoman empire for hundreds of years. Why would a romanian or bulgarian even consider protecting them(muslims)? Black were part of that same force(and high ranking officials) that pillaged the 2 countries. Why would eastern europeans even owe them anything?

EDIT: As an eastern European I don't ower any of them any protection. If anything those 2 classes owe us according to historical facts.

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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by apple4ever on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:59PM (#28723847)

> Members of board of directors of the big corporations are a protected class because they financially contribute to the cause

Uhhhh this person has to be trolling, right?

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