R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>Dear <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> / <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/anti_systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anti_SystemD</span></a> peeps,</p><p>Please make friends with <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>-only, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Systemd</span></a> fans.</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/x114evr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X114EVR</span></a> peeps, please make friends with <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> fans.</p><p>The only way the community at large moves forward is to keep conflict within the domain of friendship. That way we can hold our differences, and learn to synthesize the disagreements.</p><p>And please, please don't assume that someone is your ally just because they agree with you on one technical point. I don't have a problem with X11 being maintained until the end of time, I just don't want it to be led by someone with really horrible/destructive politics.</p><p>It's not <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/cancelculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CancelCulture</span></a>, it's mercy. I would like to see a destructive ideology "canceled," but <em>people</em> are <strong>never</strong> my enemy.</p><p>Edit: minor re-phrasing of last paragraph</p>