Please boost for awareness
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Please boost for awareness.
Recently one of my friends posted an introduction post to the official Ubuntu forums.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250905060630/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658
(original link: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658 )Seems fine except for maybe a bit of bad grammar around the "I am also a furry" part right? Well turns out behind the scenes the post was edited to not say "I am queer" before mentioning being a furry, and they got in a lotta trouble with the mods. This led to them no longer feeling welcome on the Ubuntu discourse forums.
The reason given was that the word Queer is a sexual word, which is just patently untrue. Saying you're queer gives less info into your sex life than mentioning your wife/husband, and if that was banned it'd be fucking stupid. Of course by the responses of the mods, it is made clear that that's not the real reason, and instead they're making the decision because of politics.
In the next few posts I'll talk about these extremely problematic moderator responses.
1/5Update 1:
https://bark.lgbt/@gimmechocolate/115165498769460128
Also fixed the wayback link for the update. Damn I gotta get better at using that site lmao.Edit 1: made it more clear why I see canonical as having taken a far right stance on the issue, on top of the obvious argument that the stance of their moderators represents the stance of the company/project.
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Please boost for awareness.
Recently one of my friends posted an introduction post to the official Ubuntu forums.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250905060630/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658
(original link: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658 )Seems fine except for maybe a bit of bad grammar around the "I am also a furry" part right? Well turns out behind the scenes the post was edited to not say "I am queer" before mentioning being a furry, and they got in a lotta trouble with the mods. This led to them no longer feeling welcome on the Ubuntu discourse forums.
The reason given was that the word Queer is a sexual word, which is just patently untrue. Saying you're queer gives less info into your sex life than mentioning your wife/husband, and if that was banned it'd be fucking stupid. Of course by the responses of the mods, it is made clear that that's not the real reason, and instead they're making the decision because of politics.
In the next few posts I'll talk about these extremely problematic moderator responses.
1/5Update 1:
https://bark.lgbt/@gimmechocolate/115165498769460128
Also fixed the wayback link for the update. Damn I gotta get better at using that site lmao.Edit 1: made it more clear why I see canonical as having taken a far right stance on the issue, on top of the obvious argument that the stance of their moderators represents the stance of the company/project.
@gimmechocolate
Fuck this. Ubuntu was a fine distro with a great ideology. And now, after questionable technical decision, they come with this political shitshow. I can tolerate snaps. We cannot tolarate anti-queer messaging.I can understand keeping politics out of certain discussion. The kernel has no political agenda. But we cannot deny people their identity, their humanity.
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@gimmechocolate
Fuck this. Ubuntu was a fine distro with a great ideology. And now, after questionable technical decision, they come with this political shitshow. I can tolerate snaps. We cannot tolarate anti-queer messaging.I can understand keeping politics out of certain discussion. The kernel has no political agenda. But we cannot deny people their identity, their humanity.
@j_j @gimmechocolate Very disappointing. What's the best alternative for a soon-to-be-former Ubuntu user?
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@j_j @gimmechocolate Very disappointing. What's the best alternative for a soon-to-be-former Ubuntu user?
@hosford42 If you want something which is mostly a drop-in replacement for Ubuntu workflows, then I would say Debian. It doesn't necessarily come with all of Ubuntu's GUI tools, but under the hood it uses the same tooling.
Their diversity statement is refreshingly plain and simple, too. https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity
