Phil Sturgeon, completely rationally, objectively and with healthy detachment, on the recent controversies around the Code of Conduct in PHP, political correctness and equality in IT:

So, instead of freaking out about problems you don’t understand, assuming everyone is just being overly sensitive, being absolutely awful to under-represented groups when they point out reasons they feel uncomfortable in the tech community, then having the gall to suggest there are far fewer of these people in the tech community because they aren’t as interested in tech… maybe take a few steps back and think about that whole situation.

Personally, I’ve never felt the need for a Code of Conduct in the communities I move in, but it would also never in any way occur to me to mock the expressions of those who call for a CoC. I’m not in their shoes, and I respect that they have that need. And the hateful and trolling behavior of those who rail against a CoC probably really does prove that we need it.