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Re:The Gleam Programming Language by 15155 on Friday January 16, 2026 @04:44AM (#46644757)
> not misgender or deadname them

In other words: be an active, enthusiastic participant in someone's beliefs regardless of your own.

> How is this relevant to a programming language community?

Easy example: "I feel unsafe because DHH doesn't like that his country has been overrun by immigrants, he must be removed!"

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Re:The Gleam Programming Language by ModernMech on Saturday January 17, 2026 @12:02PM (#46659643)
> In other words: be an active, enthusiastic participant in someone's beliefs regardless of your own.

See, this is why it’s such a good community filter. All that’s being asked of you is the bare minimum: to call a person what they prefer to be called. No one is asking you to change your world views, they are asking you to be respectful in a community. If you have to act all persecuted about it, then it’s just not a community for you. And that’s okay because there’s a million programming languages communities to choose from.

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