About political messages on the Rust blog
&gt; <i>Many people are opposed to the use of a tech forum to broadcast political messages.</i><p>&#x27;There are literally dozens of us!&#x27; Alas there probably are more maldeveloped, who insist on neutral spaces, that cannot handle basic decency &amp; morality &amp; solidarity for suffering people.<p>&gt; <i>And these asides have each been posted as-is, with no justification behind them and no hint that a justification is even necessary or wanted.</i><p>Solidarity for the suffering &amp; basic humam rights are pretty obvious causes to most.  ot having your nation invaded is a pretty obvious cause. Not being persecuted by religious morality police is pretty obvious cause.<p>&gt; <i>There’s a clear disconnect in the community: for some people, these messages are so self-evident that they shouldn’t even be considered political. For some people, they reflect a worldview that they don’t necessarily agree with, and when they don’t, still don’t want to be pushed without their input in the name of a community they’re participating in.</i><p>These absolutely are political messages, and thats not denied or suppressed. Its politics against dictatorial control, against authoritarian regimes, against use of excess force by governments against the people.<p>Open source communities are founded around a personal empowerment &amp; right to explore, right to create, are created under conditions of peace not fear, personal growth &amp; developmemt not suppression &amp; regime. To find affinity between open source &amp; these moral political causes against abominations is unsurprising.<p>&gt; <i>Also, let’s stop mincing words for a second: a big part of the issue is that these messages are progressive, and reflect a progressive agenda.</i><p>So is open source. It believes in progress, possibility, developmemt, furthering humanity. It shares liberally, believes strongly in the common good. Open source is political, and it&#x27;s left. It&#x27;s practically communist.<p>&gt; <i>A lot of people in the Rust community aren’t progressive, or not progressive of the specific US flavor that dominates western social media, and so feel extremely threatened when the Rust blog makes these political statements.</i><p>Write a shorter screed daying you disagree &amp; collect some countersigners. That you are uncomfortable with a basic display of morality is, I generally feel, not a problem &amp; ylI dont feel bad for you. But you have options (if you arent in Iran, if you arent in Russia, if you are not being persecuted by a local police force) &amp; you can day so &amp; if you really really cant stand morality happening in your presence you can fork &amp; leave &amp; vote eith your feet, because you are free to do so.