I also don't think that the existence of 'more important' issues precludes the discussion of other issues that may be relevant to a large number of people (or a small number of people, for that matter). I would certainly find it annoying if every political conversation I took part in were interrupted with "Well, that's nothing to be compared to climate change", even if I believed it to be true.
They've opened themselves up to arguments over what non Rust-related cause to advertise next! "For Rust 1.45 I think we should put replace the release notes with a message about the civil war in Yemen."
By the way, the same thing happens with for example suicides at Chinese factories: companies do take a stance which source from these factories because it directly affects them.
Wow, quite a statement. Guess I'm giving up on coding, then.
These kinds of statements also basically says you are not welcome if you decide not to support movements like BLM. Perhaps as a user it does not matter, but imagine if you were a maintainer?
Best to keep these discussions out of Rust and other projects as much as possible. So yes, you are not alone in this.
I have to point out however that there are aspects of just pure human decency that should be a given in any kind of collaborative project.
I'm curious, do you think internet companies should refrain from releasing statements about political issues like net neutrality or the Patriot Act?