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> Don't be an asshole.

A whole lot of the reasonable parts of "woke" boil down to a few things:

(1) Don't be an asshole.

(2) Don't meddle in the affairs of others if those affairs do not concern you.

(3) Evaluate other people from first principles and starting with a positive assumption, and check yourself for subconscious biases against groups of people that you might have picked up without really thinking about them. This is really a subset of checking oneself for irrational cognitive biases, which is a good practice in all areas.



Wokism is precisely about being an asshole, and using the language of social justice justify bullying and intimidating people. I think we're a little late to the game recognizing this because historically authoritarian and bullying behavior has been more likely to come from the right than from the left.

I generally avoid projects with a CoC because it signifies that the people in charge are more interested in picking fights than they are in developing great software.


Number 2 is the absolute opposite of "woke"


Did you miss a word or something:

If this was part of being woke it wouldn't be considered a slur by anyone..?




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