We do have the 'off-topic' forum, but it's easier to latch onto an existing conversation (and hijack it) that to put in the effort needed to start a new thread.
That's true. I have been guilty of that in the past myself, except I kept to the topic of the thread. Other times, a thread will have a theme, and they post that they want a different theme, so I'll suggest for them to start a new thread. They don't. Then, the second time, I'll start a new thread on it, even though, it would be better off for someone else to, because the software theme is more natural to them. It does take effort and a little more planning to start a new thread. Some may not get attention, as an existing thread.
It doesn't make sense for me to start a new thread on something I don't care for.
My parents escaped the largest right-wing dictatorship in Europe, that of Portugal's Salazar, and we all escaped the left-wing dictatorship of Maduro in Venezuela.
I saw it myself when Bush Sr. invaded Panamá, where I also lived for almost 2 years.
It's like you're everywhere something happens. These governments label themselves as left wing or right wing, but there's a common element which is unsatisfactory. I can appreciate how you see it.
That said, the political pendulum is very much a thing and it's clearly moving to the right, and this kind of movements last at least a whole generation. So at least 15 or 20 years.
I don't mind the pendulum swinging to some extent. There's some maga who disagree with Trump, and I agree with them on a few viewpoints. Not because they disagree with him, but bc their viewpoints are more inline with mine or even with a lot of others, and they otherwise would blindly go with Trump's viewpoints. It's kind of funny how they keep explaining that they don't agree with him, but make excuses for why he's doing it or don't address it. The extremism and the unwise provocations are irritating to me. I don't care for Maduro, but what is Trump doing. Unless he's the worst human rights offender in the world with the worst jails, he needs to stop stirring the pot.
One thing is this political movement is being rubbed in our faces, then they're the ones who say things are unfair.
Furthermore in HISTORY.md of the XLibre project just a sentence before the maga reference the author outlines his liberal views about not being judgmental or bigot.
A lot of people will go to Lowes or Home Depot, even though we don't agree with their political views, but they don't post those themes on their doors. When you walk in their doors, it's about customer value and service, not about highly politicized memes. I noticed that it's typically a liberal view to accept everyone, but it's not necessarily that. It looks more like, we're rubbing this motto in your face, and for those who disagree with it, you're welcome to join. It's also odd how it's highly political, then people say how it's unfair that their project was rejected. It's too in your face to claim that rejecting or trying to hide their project is unfair.
There's too much provocation to claim things are unfair for those projects. It's brought up on itself.
I wished that this would have stayed about sudo. It's odd that xlibre gets this much attention, but maybe those who like those memes need their 15 minutes to vent on what they like about it. I can't take that project seriously.
material. I'd watch to see if XLibre plays well with sudo. If it does, great, the world of Open Source will have another option for managing the graphics stack. I'd say that the important stuff is making sure that the damn software works, and works correctly. Then I wouldn't give a rat's ass about the political patterns poisoning the project. Because at some point, we gotta decide if the project is interesting for having high quality code or highly distasteful humor. Maybe shut up and type up the damn code and address bugs?
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