Comments on: When Codes of Conduct Go Bad http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/rants/when-codes-of-conduct-go-bad/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/rants/when-codes-of-conduct-go-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-80487 Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:43:14 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=16539#comment-80487 I’ve noticed the “*ism is Prejudice+Power” line only ever comes out to defend someone who’s said something bigotted.

To be fair, I have never seen any actual real code of conduct contain a line like the one quoted above, even for organisations with strong “social justice” values. I would assume any competent organisation wouldn’t publish a code of conduct without first running it past a lawyer, and no competent lawyer would let a clause like that through.

]]> By: Synthetase http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/rants/when-codes-of-conduct-go-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-80486 Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:25:51 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=16539#comment-80486 I hate the ‘reverse’ prefix. ‘Reverse’ racism is just racism. Ditto ‘reverse’ sexism or reverse any other -ism. When people use those terms it tells me they’re more interested in making themselves feel good than in genuinely addressing issues of discrimination.

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