[diversity-talk] Neurodiversity and CoC

[Jo Walsh]

Wow. Um. Okay, if this list is going to be asshole-free then we are almost
all going to have to unsubscribe immediately.

Okay, now the irony has kicked in, this is hilarious. Tearing strips off
one another over minor points of semantics during a discussion about
discursive civility. The whole thing reads like a performance parody. And
this is what it is like in New York all this time? Maybe I should go back
there :)









On Dec 2, 2014 1:58 AM, "Randal Hale" <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com>
wrote:

>  Whoever admins this list - Serge should be removed for that email. If it
> doesn't happen I'm out.
>
> Bully all you want on whatever other list your on - this one should be
> asshole free.
>
> Someone let me know if he's allowed to stay after that outburst.
>
> Randy
>
>
> On 12/01/2014 08:30 PM, alyssa wright wrote:
>
> first ,congratulations to me for being the most offensive person ever to
> you. i can only imagine what a high bar that is. second, i have a traumatic
> brain injury. it is no fucking joke so lay off AND there is a lot i have
> evidence of similarities between certain tbi's and autism. and finally, who
> may i ask if the fucking public shamer in this scenario? i am happy to work
> on an inclusive and safe coc that but i refuse to work with assholes.
>
>  period,
> alyssa.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Alyssa,
>>
>> While in OSM I've been called a pig, an imbecile, a bimbo, and a host
>> of other terms, but your mail is absolutely, without a doubt the most
>> offensive thing I've experienced in my time in OpenStreetMap.
>>
>> While I feel bad for your accident, saying that this makes you
>> "neuro-diverse" is incredibly insensitive and rude.
>>
>> First of all, the term for people who differ from the norm in terms of
>> neurology are called "nero-divergent", not "neuro-diverse", and second
>> of all, your comparison of people who have conditions like autism or
>> learning disabilities to people who've been in an accident is so
>> offensive that I don't have the words for it.
>>
>> Second of all, it's not enough that you make neuro-divergent people
>> uncomfortable at events, including my fiancée (who by the way has
>> Aspegers), but now you've decided to shame her, and shame me, and
>> every other person who has been born with a neurological disorder?
>>
>> You should absolutely be ashamed of yourself. This is the exact type
>> of behavior that a code of conduct should in place to stop.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> - Serge Wroclawski
>>
>
>
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