> Whether or not the complaint is legitimate is irrelevant.
I do not want to live in a world where truth does not matter. Truth is all that matters.
> If you're going to complain about somebody, you should expect people to complain right back about you.
Oh, I definitely expect people to complain about me. I support their right fully. Here it is not a case of complaint. It is a case where a non-technical group of people think it has the authority over my interaction with a different group of people, and takes an administrative action.
A bunch of people are threatening me and actively take action against my way of being.
> Being butthurt about getting an email isn't so rare and precious that you should write a thinkpiece about it and post it to HN.
I have not posted to HN. I have posted on the Go mailing lists. I have no control of what is posted on HN. I posted on the Go mailing list because there are other people who feel the same (I know because they told me), and are afraid to talk in fear of repercussions. I posted in the minute hope that things might change.
This incident is just another event in a long streak of events of constant discrimination by some people associated with the Go project. It is no sole event, although my e-mail to the list mentioned only this particular event.