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Remove Political Statements from Website #109

Closed cjhprimus closed 4 years ago

cjhprimus commented 4 years ago

At the top of the https://www.powershellgallery.com/ site, is a banner that simply reads "Black Lives Matter". This appears to be an explicit endorsement of a Marxist organization "Black Lives Matter" which promotes, among other things the idea that we must "disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure".

Any kind of political advocacy is out of place for a non-political organization like the PowerShell Gallery, which simply hosts modules for the global PowerShell community. By opening yourself up to this political advocacy you now risk criticism in the future for "incorrectly" advocating (or failing to advocate for) the next political cause anywhere in the world.

Please remove all political statements and opinions.

jasonrpitts commented 4 years ago

I concur with this request. This site is not the place to promote domestic terrorist organizations.

TylerLeonhardt commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. However, Microsoft has an official stance on this topic https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/06/23/addressing-racial-injustice/.

Saying “Black Lives Matter” does not mean “Only Black Lives Matter”; it means “Black Lives Also Matter”. There are many sources on this, but here is just the first I found on a web search: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-lives-matter-vs-all-lives-matter-what-we-say-matters/ar-BB15l4L4.

I also recommend watching the documentary called 13th which is available for free on YouTube.

Certainly there are some bad actors taking advantage of the recent protests and movements, but that should not be confused with the intent of Black Lives Matter.

jasonrpitts commented 4 years ago

The “bad actors” are taking advantage of the situation because they are embedded within all levels of the domestic terrorist organization “Black Lives Matter”.

Microsoft’s support of domestic terrorism is troubling and disappointing to say the least; but I guess that’s the trendy thing for tech companies to do nowadays.

You can close the ticket/incident/comment… it is clear that Microsoft has chosen their course.

Thank you.

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Thanks for the feedback. However, Microsoft has an official stance on this topic https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/06/23/addressing-racial-injustice/.

Saying “Black Lives Matter” does not mean “Only Black Lives Matter”; it means “Black Lives Also Matter”. There are many sources on this, but here is just the first I found on a web search: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-lives-matter-vs-all-lives-matter-what-we-say-matters/ar-BB15l4L4.

I also recommend watching the documentary called 13th which is available for free on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8.

Certainly there are some bad actors taking advantage of the recent protests and movements, but that should not be confused with the intent of Black Lives Matter.

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