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diff --git a/articles/code-of-conduct-does-more-harm-than-good.md b/articles/code-of-conduct-does-more-harm-than-good.md index df89208..dc71fcf 100644 --- a/articles/code-of-conduct-does-more-harm-than-good.md +++ b/articles/code-of-conduct-does-more-harm-than-good.md @@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ A code of conduct (or CoC) is a document that establishes expectations for behav ### The Big Problem Conceptually, CoCs are flawed as it misses the concept of person's beliefs. No person's mindset is equal, even if they are likeminded, they still would not always agree with each other. A CoC can be targetted explicitly at a certain people's beliefs which could be deemed as "problematic" while in reality, it really isn't. This causes the discrimination against them as their rights such as freedom of speech (in the form of expressing their views) are now compromised, which in turn can cause major internal conflicts within the community even leading to a community split in the worst case scenario. -Unfortunately, CoC used in many open source projects does exactly what has been told above, it actively targets specific groups of people who are getting disadvantaged through these set of rules, just because their views and opinions aren't considered ideal. +Unfortunately, CoC used in many open source projects does exactly what has been told above, it actively targets specific groups of people who are getting disadvantaged through these set of rules, just because their views and opinions aren't considered "ideal" by the project maintainers. This causes unnecessary conflicts within the community itself, while the unity weakens. + +### The Solution +At the end, our views are different from one another. We may agree on something but disagree on other. Hence at the very least, we should just simply agree to disagree and walk away from a conversation. It shouldn't matter if a person is a conservative or liberal, black or white, straight or gay, or anything in between, his or her skills shouldn't go to waste just because of the differences. |