[Edit: I appreciate that I should generally behave as though my community will behave well, and as such I should not have requested that people upvote if they find the post helpful. I want to be sure to flag in this response though the incredibly poor way in which people who disagree with claims and arguments in favor of diversity and inclusion are using their votes, in comments and on the whole post.]
Thanks.
I’m also finding the voting in this thread frustrating.
I appreciate your suggestions a lot, but caution you to be careful of your own assumptions. For instance, I never suggested that a Diversity & Inclusion Officer should be the person most passionate about the role instead of most smart about it.
Sorry about that.
To emphasize though, so it doesn’t get lost behind those critical thoughts: I thoroughly appreciate the suggestions you’ve contributed here.
Glad to hear it :)
[Edit: Apologies for some excessive editing. I readily acknowledge that in an already a hostile environment, my initial reaction to criticism regarding an important issue that is causing a lot of harm is too defensive.]
I’m an excessive editor too, I’m not sure it’s something you need to apologize for :)
If I recall correctly, this comment was at −2 when I first saw it, which frustrated me because I think people who publicly admit mistakes should get upvotes. Publicly admitting mistakes is really hard to do. I think we should take a moment to give people credit for this before demanding that they confess their sins even more thoroughly.
Thanks.
I’m also finding the voting in this thread frustrating.
Sorry about that.
Glad to hear it :)
I’m an excessive editor too, I’m not sure it’s something you need to apologize for :)
xccf, I’d be interested to hear an examples of comments which you think were excessively downvoted.
If I recall correctly, this comment was at −2 when I first saw it, which frustrated me because I think people who publicly admit mistakes should get upvotes. Publicly admitting mistakes is really hard to do. I think we should take a moment to give people credit for this before demanding that they confess their sins even more thoroughly.