This is my personal profile, I talk for myself; but I find a relevant hypocrisy on some "codes of conduct".
During WordCamp where I was a speaker, I couldn't say the popular synonym of "testicle" in Venetian dialect because it could be considered obscene. No matter if in that specific context it was not referred to human body but to a Venetian bridge's architectural structure which is invisible to eyes, people even don't know it exists, but it's fundamental for the bridge's stability. It's the anchor-stone. I wanted to refer to that, talking about RSS feeds and the role they have.
Well, I couldn't say that word so I changed the topic in "human brain is invisible to eyes but it's fundamental". However the meaning is not the same, because everyone knows about brain's existence. But not anchor-stones existence, and not RSS. That popular non-technical word would have impressed people more, I think. Even for a smile.
But that's a taboo.
On the other side, we have Mullenweg who defined "a CANCER" one of his competitors. No matter if there are several people with cancer, around the world. First Italian WordPress translator died of cancer in 2022. But a leader can freely talk that way without direct consequences?
We have politicians all over the world who build entire campaigns, and their popularity, on hate speech. Dozens of newspapers earning on rage bait articles. So? The problem is a vulgar word placed in a non-vulgar context? #language #speaking #NoHateSpeech #bigots #WordPress