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Replying to @codepitbull @kaffeecoder
I'm not convinced a zero tolerance policy is helpful, especially if it's fellow privileged people who apply it
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so we go on as we did? Tolerate those oppressing others without being accountable?
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Not what I suggest at all, no. I think it bears remembering that most of us were worse than we are today, and condescension rarely helps
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then tell me how to protect minorities in a world of loudmouths.
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I'm quite sure we agree on the goals. My point here is that we often alienate people who could be convinced, for unnecessary reasons.
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by being overprotective towards those who abuse we alienate those who want to be included.
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Of course that's a risk. I still think there's room for strong disagreement without aborting conversations completely
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a levled discussion is one thing. A Gamergate level of racist/misogynyst screaming with ears shut is often the reality
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I have zero tolerance for a typical gamer gate troll, clearly no discussion is useful there. Yet there are many more where it's different
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you dodged it again. How do you deal with a gamergate level troll?
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Replying to @codepitbull @kaffeecoder
I block them. I don't invite them to anything. I uninvite them from anything I've mistakenly invited them to.

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Replying to @stilkov @kaffeecoder
you and me aren't the targets of such people. It's a satisfying but useless gesture to block them from talking to you.
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I thought you asked how I deal with them personally. In online and offline communities, I'm all for Codes of Conduct.
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Replying to @stilkov @kaffeecoder
On a mailinglist? On a conference? On any other "open" place that has no social-rules?