Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us12.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=;Ak8H]4LbX]S_5g?QdIXk]HWonT5<]0T]Q;nb^V>PUfV`L[ofA1LK4QcXmV`; Subject: Re: The Linux Foundation: "Pick up a pronoun sticker from registration..." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <66435db7$0$2363148$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6643642f$0$2363149$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6643709b$0$2363141$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6643739b$0$3711198$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <664502cb$0$3711203$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> User-Agent: Pan/0.146 (Hic habitat felicitas; d7a48b4 gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pan.git) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 17 May 2024 12:08:26 GMT Lines: 80 Message-ID: <664748ba$0$7056$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1715947706 reader.netnews.com 7056 127.0.0.1:37305 Bytes: 4442 On Fri, 17 May 2024 04:16:50 +0000, RonB wrote: > On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:26:39 +0000, RonB wrote: >> >>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 10:09:31 -0400, DFS wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 5/14/2024 9:16 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 08:48:58 -0400, DFS wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> "Share your Pronouns >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Pick up a pronoun sticker from registration to share your pronouns >>>>>>> with other conference attendees. Please be respectful of >>>>>>> attendees’ >>>>>>> pronouns." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lsfmmbpf/attend/diversity- >> inclusion/ >>>>>> #onsite-resources >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone wearing a "pronoun sticker" needs to wear an "I'm an >>>>>>> asshole" sticker right above it. >>>>>> >>>>>> It should be noted that the Linux Foundation doesn't represent >>>>>> Linux and its users. It barely does anything for the operating >>>>>> system. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I disagree. >>>>> >>>>> * Torvalds is (or was) paid money by the Linux Foundation. >>>>> >>>>> * It sponsors many large Linux events all over the world >>>>> >>>>> * offers many Linux-related training courses >>>>> >>>>> https://events.linuxfoundation.org >>>>> https://training.linuxfoundation.org/full-catalog/ >>>> >>>> I guess we'll have to agree to disagree in this particular case. It >>>> seems that the Foundation takes advantage of Linux's success but >>>> contributes very little to it. >>>> >>>>>> Still, this pronoun garbage is not a good look for Linux. >>>>> >>>>> It's absurd for anyone and everyone to kowtow to the mental illness >>>>> and childish entitlement of a tiny, tiny few people. Allowing men >>>>> to compete in women's sporting events? It's actually evil. >>>> >>>> It is, and I encourage all women to refuse to compete in any event >>>> where a deluded man is a participant. Since the courts are siding >>>> with the homosexuals, the only thing which can potentially work is to >>>> completetly dismantle the event itself by making it a joke without >>>> participants. The feminists themselves are hypocrites for not >>>> protesting about this. >>> >>> I don't even think a lot of these men who pretend to be women are >>> homosexuals. They often claim to be lesbian women. In other words >>> they're full of crap — just gaming the moronic system. >> >> I'm getting the feeling that I will eventually have to play into their >> game too, and identify as something else just so that they leave me >> alone. >> It pains me that my field, which is supposed to separate fiction from >> reality and propagate truth to the young, impressionable minds, is >> participating in this idiocy. > > Maybe you should consider migrating to Peru... or Russia. Somewhere > where they actually know the Woke stupidity is... completely irrational. > > But I think the tide may be changing. People are getting tired of this > crap and more and more are plainly saying so. I'm not sure how well I would do as a Polish-Canadian in Russia. I would probably be able to pick up the language, but not enough to be useful to them.