I just want to appreciate DEV highlighting these topics, well knowing the risk of losing some members/audience, also for going beyond merely posting nice rainbowy images or "Black Lives Matter" slogan and instead bringing up the subjects of oppression and inequality. I also appreciate that there seem to be relatively few unkind responses to previous Pride-related posts (compared to, say, if those were posted on Twitter).
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It's really encouraging to see the mods (and the US Supreme Court) taking a clear stance on the basic fact that (we) non-hetero people are... people. It doesn't seem like it's a very controversial thing, but -- as you pointed out -- talking about this on Twitter isn't a very healthy experience.
I plan to stay away from the cyanide apples no matter how bad things get!
The bigger risk lies with keeping round those who are so toxic they would leave seeing celebrations of basic human dignity. Sooner or later those kind of personalities would poison the good faith of the whole site.
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I just want to appreciate DEV highlighting these topics, well knowing the risk of losing some members/audience, also for going beyond merely posting nice rainbowy images or "Black Lives Matter" slogan and instead bringing up the subjects of oppression and inequality. I also appreciate that there seem to be relatively few unkind responses to previous Pride-related posts (compared to, say, if those were posted on Twitter).
It's really encouraging to see the mods (and the US Supreme Court) taking a clear stance on the basic fact that (we) non-hetero people are... people. It doesn't seem like it's a very controversial thing, but -- as you pointed out -- talking about this on Twitter isn't a very healthy experience.
I plan to stay away from the cyanide apples no matter how bad things get!
The bigger risk lies with keeping round those who are so toxic they would leave seeing celebrations of basic human dignity. Sooner or later those kind of personalities would poison the good faith of the whole site.