Summary/Minutes from today's FESCo Meeting (2014-03-05)

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 23:57 +0100, drago01 wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 22:52 +0100, drago01 wrote:
> >
> >> > There is at least one starkly obvious difference there, which is that
> >> > you choose your religious beliefs and affiliations; you do not choose
> >> > your race/color/general genetic origin.
> >>
> >> Well people can choose to not be offended by random images / texts / whatever.
> >> There is is the option of "just ignore".
> >
> > That is not a true choice. "Ignoring" the effect of marginalization that
> > such offensive texts ignore is, effectively, opting into it.
> >
> > I'm gay. I can "choose to ignore it" when people yell 'faggot!' at me,
> 
> Well there is a difference between a direct attack on you and "a
> random image somewhere".

There's a difference in immediacy and degree, but not in kind. It all
ultimately contributes to the same effect.
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