RFC: Conscious language in the Binutils

[Florian Weimer]

* Paul Koning via Binutils:

> I agree.  But if you've been watching US politics for a number of
> years now you've observed the growth of the "cancel culture".  That's
> what Alan encountered: the approach in some circles that freedom of
> speech is bad, and attempts to use your freedom of speech to say
> something that circle disapproves of will be answered by strenuous
> efforts to silence you and destroy your livelihood.

To me, this looks like the usual enforcement of work-related policies.
(I think the original email came with an official company footer.)

A company can only exercise its free speech rights effectively if it
restricts what kind of statements employees can make on its behalf.

Thanks,
Florian
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