[Noisebridge-discuss] anti-anonymity proposals
Jeffrey Carl Faden
jeffreyatw at gmail.com
Sun Nov 17 16:09:01 UTC 2013
I don't think any part of the policy applies to this conversation.
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 1:57 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>
> I'm interested in how you might apply the
> policy to harmful language in this thread.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 2013-11-16 at 17:53 -0800, Jeffrey Carl Faden wrote:
> > I have actually invoked the policy when a discussion arose using
> > harmful language on the mailing list. Everyone involved learned a
> > valuable lesson about friendship.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:28 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
> >
> > How's it working out in practice?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2013-11-16 at 16:31 -0800, Hannah Grimm wrote:
> > > You know what actions I've taken in response to harassment
> > that have
> > > felt really empowering, Jim?
> > >
> > >
> > > Getting an anti-harassment policy passed.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 3:59 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > My replies interspersed below:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2013-11-16 at 13:30 -0800, hep wrote:
> > > > I would like to take this opportunity to point out
> > that this
> > > entire
> > > > discussion is a pretty good example of why in 2013
> > we need a
> > > firm,
> > > > clear, anti-harassment policy for noisebridge to
> > take the
> > > first step
> > > > for being a truly safe environment for everyone.
> > >
> > > JS: I believe such a policy will have negligible
> > > affect.
> > >
> > > > Here in November 2013, a man is seriously
> > proposing that
> > > women*, many
> > > > of whom: may be smaller than many males,
> > non-confrontational
> > > for one
> > > > reason or another, alone except for their
> > attacker, and/or
> > > may
> > > > possibly have reasons for not wanting to engage
> > physically
> > > with a male
> > > > who has just sexually assaulted them, hit their
> > attacker and
> > > then
> > > > silence themselves from any community support,
> > over an issue
> > > that will
> > > > often be called into question repeatedly as to a)
> > whether it
> > > happened
> > > > b) whether it was "enough" to warrent a response,
> > and c)
> > > whether the
> > > > victim merely "misinterpreted" what happened to
> > their own
> > > body.
> > >
> > > JS: I proposed no such thing.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Then that man asks a woman who is upset by the
> > tepid
> > > official response
> > > > to sexual assault in the community if she should
> > really be
> > > so mad, and
> > > > if she really has the "higher ground" to stand on.
> > >
> > > JS: I have previous experience with that person
> > > and stand by my suggestion that she may be living
> > > too much in anger.
> > > >
> > > > Then that man goes on to repeatedly back these
> > points.
> > >
> > > JS: incorrect, as your description of the points
> > > is largely erroneous.
> > > >
> > > > Then that man *claims that the community should
> > support his
> > > viewpoints
> > > > because he is somehow a less privileged community
> > member*
> > > and deserves
> > > > equal "community support" as a sexual assault
> > victim.
> > >
> > > JS: I made no such claims. I suggest that
> > individuals
> > > consider that taking action might be empowering for
> > > them. I do not suggest that anyone necessarily take
> > > action alone, and as someone rightly suggested,
> > taking
> > > action, especially alone, might prove dangerous and
> > > foolish.
> > > >
> > > > Just sayin'.
> > > JS: and liking it.
> > > >
> > > > -hep
> > >
> > > > I say woman only because he framed that as the
> > example.
> > >
> > > JS: yes, and I now regret choosing such a lurid
> > > example. I now wish I'd used a homeless-seeming
> > > and non-hacker-seeming person as an example. The
> > > dynamics would have been more interesting to
> > > explore.
> > >
> > >
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