Python programming is drowning in red tape
&gt; a CODE_OF_CONDUCT, because we assume preemptively that you are a racist homophobic asshole, and we have to cover our bases.<p>This one is a new personal pet peeve. I&#x27;m not a racist homophobe--I&#x27;m a good person. And though it doesn&#x27;t give me any authority to speak on the matter, I&#x27;m bi and I&#x27;ve dated all sorts of people.<p>I don&#x27;t like to be presumed to be an asshole (or presume that others may be), and I&#x27;m offended that we have to treat adults like this as part of a new social contract. Can&#x27;t we just be good to one another? And when there are assholes, can&#x27;t we handle everything on a case-by-case basis, as it arises?<p>By putting this into every single project, it feels like we&#x27;re building an ivory tower that ignores the social progress we&#x27;ve made in the last century. It&#x27;s disrespectful and patronizing to mature adults to presume how they might behave. I don&#x27;t like to think of people as great ape descendants, but this kind of thing reminds me we&#x27;re just animals, fighting and name calling. I don&#x27;t like that. I don&#x27;t like how it makes me feel. Software is an achievement of human intellect, and I don&#x27;t like to be reminded of our flaws. Not in the root of every software project I want to grok or contribute to.<p>I&#x27;m not so close-minded to rule out changing my mind on this matter, but I&#x27;m perplexed and, as I admitted before, slightly annoyed. I really want to hear others&#x27; opinions on this.<p>I&#x27;m not trying to trivialize anyone&#x27;s experiences. I missed whatever original conversations there were on this matter and I want to express both how I feel and that I want to know more.<p>edit: I&#x27;m going to be downvoted for even admitting this? That&#x27;s why I debated even posting. I don&#x27;t like operating like this.