Straggot nerd with homo experience resigns after other nerds protect s*x offender

Time to transition sweaty

Orange site discuss: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31487590

I have resigned all my positions in ISO C++ in protest of the decision to use CoC anti-discrimination rules to protect a duly convicted registered level 2 s*x offender. This would force victims of sexual assault to interact with this person or face censure or ejection.

In particular this would include me -- as while black out drunk I was subject to a graphic homosexual encounter for which I could not consent. I am heterosexual. This should not be a relevant fact.

Chairs were given the option to recuse themselves as long as they found a replacement, but it was made clear by several members of my national body that avoiding this person is discrimination of an ex-felon and the CoC would be enforced.

This person was given special access to WG21 leadership in order to offer a favorable and absolving narrative, but I am not aware of victims of this or similar crimes offered the same audience. WG21 leadership went so far as to claim the real problem here is the registry.

To be clear, I never asked for this person to be excluded physically or logically, and I certainly believe in the possibility of redemption -- but weaponizing the CoC against sexual assault victims is a step too far. I am not afraid of this person physically, others might be.

While I empathize with any ex-felon's right reintegration, I empathize more with past or potential victim's right to do their jobs amongst people who haven't fallen short of one of the lowest moral bars in society. Choosing one side must exclude the other.

Participation in WG21 is a privilege, and should have a moral qualification. However current leadership believes "professionalism" is literally "above all else". I believe "professionalism" without morality is bankrupt.

Leadership would say their hands are tied by policy, but in a free society we all have choices. With sufficient will any policy can change. Right or wrong, anyone who doesn't resign in protest of any immoral policy literally doesn't care enough to.

Whatever your politics or ethics are, or what you think of mine, don't be a bystander. If you believe in something, have the integrity to see it all the way through. All it takes is for good people to do nothing.

FWIW, when I made clear on the internal chairs mailing list that I was subject to the same thing this person was convicted of, the leadership said nothing in public or private but to work on the logistics of handing over my position.

Leaderships spent well over 9 months working on ways to include this person, and spent no time in helping me pack my bags on the way out.