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Drupal founder Dries Buytaert expelled Larry "Crell" Garfield from the Drupal community (archive) for his involvement in the BDSM community. Garfield claims this was done at the demand of Drupal Security team member Klaus "klausi" Purer and unknown others secretly pressuring Drupal leadership to have him removed for his private sex life.
takyon: From Larry's response:
I am involved in two such communities, specifically the BDSM community and the Gorean (Gor) community. The former is by far the larger of the two and more varied, although I spend more of my time and activity in the Gorean community. It's a small community, and sadly much of what is found online about it is utter crap, just as most in the BDSM community find the "50 Shades" representation of BDSM to be harmfully misleading. The Gorean subculture is inspired by a science-fiction book series written from the 1960s onward to today, and predicated on a strong sense of personal honor, integrity, and community. It also practices consensual Master/slave relationships, and has a strong gender bias toward male-Dom/female-sub relationships, but that is not the cornerstone of Gorean culture. There are other groups that are biased the other way, or have no gender bias. There are even groups in Chicago (where I live) that have regular "fem-dom" parties. To each their own.
It's the same Gor that was adapted into two films, one of which appeared on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @03:14PM (4 children)
This is so backwards. So much for tolerance in the Age of Trump.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @04:08PM (3 children)
You're only just noticing that SJW's are authoritarians, claiming victim status for themselves in some vainglorious attempt to bully others?
Some may find this amusing given your age of Trump quip but Identity Politics should be dealt with the same way as Narcissistic Personality Disorder [helpguide.org] - the resulting anti-social traits accordingly. [wikihow.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @04:37PM (2 children)
Yes humans are often authoritarian about issues they care a lot about. It isn't just SJWs, it is every walk of life. Co servative, liberal, kink or Bible thumper you get the same problems.
This is a particular horrible display of hypocrisy and it usually results in the fragmentation of the community. I've worked with drupal and this hypocrisy leaves a bad taste.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @05:45PM (1 child)
Leaves a bad taste? Stop sucking the damned thing!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @07:22PM
$$$$$
working on finding a different area to work in, but should I drop linux because Torvalds can be a mean code dictator? Shall I never use windows because MS is evil? Shall I just quit life since a lot of humans are bent on destroying the planet and generally acting like demon spawn?
The actions of the leadership do not taint the entire project / community for me, but if things continue down this path I will move on and never look back. Such leadership is unfitting and will easily taint the community at large.
A fork has already been created, Backdrop!