Here's an interesting dilemma. First, I think that US centered professional groups/conferences need to expand their Code of Conduct to include support for democracy. e.g. Don't affiliate with people or organizations that fund (or whose owners) fund anti-democratic politicians.
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Second, I'm a member of a prominent group that a year or two ago couldn't agree on even a basic Code of Conduct because some members had (to be polite) 'alternative' perspectives. What to do?
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Replying to @crichardson
I have made it clear in other groups that if those anti-CoC views are followed, I can’t be part of them

Jan 14, 2021 · 7:47 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
Yep. It's pretty difficult to justify being part of a group that refuses to have a CoC. One key take away of Jan 6th is that tolerating the intolerant is bad idea.
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Fully agreed. (I’ve also found that the majority of people in professional groups that wouldn’t have objected to the CoC haters’ arguments themselves very quickly pick sides once they notice somebody else does it)
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Replying to @stilkov
What a CoC including a pro-democracy clause?
Chris Richardson @crichardson
14 Jan 2021
Here's an interesting dilemma. First, I think that US centered professional groups/conferences need to expand their Code of Conduct to include support for democracy. e.g. Don't affiliate with people or organizations that fund (or whose owners) fund anti-democratic politicians.