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Yikes, I didn't realize Raymond was the kind of guy that posts about "low IQ black people" and sees "Marxists" everywhere.

I don't like CoCs either, but ironically guys like him make me think they might be needed after all...

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People of ESR's ilk are why you can't have a serious project without a CoC these days. It's just tragic. Else before too long you end up losing your black, trans, etc, contributors. Because somehow it's not "drama" when the ilk does racism/misogyny/transphobia but it is when they're being called out on it.

Having a clear CoC helps keep the good actors safe while having clear red lines to keep the bad actors either in line, or out. But it's so sad that we got to that point at all...

He's been this way for a long time, unfortunately. I remember reading a blog post of his in the '00s that was openly racist. Come to think of it, that may have been the last thing of his I read.

It feels to me like a lot of people who don't like codes of conduct have similar views.

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