[Noisebridge-discuss] Be Excellent to one another

[Mark Cohen]

Dear Fellow Noisebridgers,

It appears that the group as a whole doesn't seem to "get" the concept  
of "Be Excellent To One Another". If people were truly getting it, we  
wouldn't be getting to this point...

  We as a group need to be better at trying to put ourselves in others  
shoes when it comes to difficult, often very personal issues. Nobody  
in our group should be made to feel as an outcast, or freak.  I'm not  
saying that we need to censor anything, I'm saying that if you are  
commenting in a public forum where basic speech intricacies like  
inflection don't exist, understand that your intent might be  
misunderstood.

I think that we are all sensitive to something, be it transgendered  
issues, race, religion, weight, being nerdy, sexual orientation..   
whatever. People really need to be getting along, being respectful of  
others, and genuinely trying to be part of something truly awesome.

If an email comes through the list that you find particularly  
offensive, it might be wise to either privately let someone know or  
use your "d" key / killfile.

Noisebridge is an awesome place, it is an awesome group, and something  
I personally am very proud to be a part of. I'd really like to keep it  
that way. Please, lets all try to "Be Excellent To One Another".

*gets off the soap box and back to one of too many projects*

/Mark

On Oct 28, 2009, at 10:38 PM, Jesse welz wrote:

> Wow, a couple of dudes are telling me there is no transphobia
> happening. You guys must be real experts at the subject to be so sure.
> Us winy transsexuals shouldn't be so sensitive, just like all those
> goddamn winy feminists during the woman's movement. Those bitches are
> just hormonal and complain too much, right? The world is fine the way
> it is, why should you care that because I am unfortunate and do not
> pass as a women and get called bro, dude, man, guy, or whatever every
> single day and it really hurts. Not only that us trans people are
> actually hunted down and killed even in today's wonderful modern
> society so I have to say . Yes, I am sensitive to this stuff and
> always will be if it is accidentally brought up in a thread or at
> noisebridge or wherever.
>
> I'm sure I will catch a mountain of shit for my comments but oh well.
> Like I stated above, I already get mountains of shit anyway so oh
> well.
>
> I think Christie put it well.
>
> Christie Dudley longobord at gmail.com wrote:
>> So have a little patience with folks who might seem quick to  
>> complain about
>> issues.  Like a child that's been abused, its easy to flinch a  
>> little too
>> often when the raised hand so often translates to real pain.
>
> Now, back to the smoking drama.....
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Mark Cohen
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Science is a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine  
understanding of human fallibility.
-Carl Sagan, 1996