Compelling anyone to change their language for gender sensitive individuals is a direct violation of the free speech that this party proclaims to instill. Gender pronouns is derived from sociological circles without scientific premise and Roman history has already witnessed its own transgenderism movement right before its collapse.

The individuals and the admins who submit to the notion that 'Gender is a social construct' are the ones that claim for compelling pronoun use.

Here's the Coc under question

Inclusive Language:

Use inclusive language whenever possible.

Unless the gender of a singular personal antecedent is otherwise specified, use the gender-neutral singular pronouns “they”, “them”, “their”, and “theirs”.

Avoid using “he” as a universal pronoun; likewise, avoid using binary alternatives such as “he/she”, “he or she”, or “(s)he”.

Use “humankind”, “humanity” or “human race” instead of “mankind”.

Use “artificial” or “human-caused” instead of “man-made”.

Use “everybody” or “people” instead of “guys”.

Rather than this being an act of inclusiveness, it is an act of compulsion without its grounds in science.

Here's a study that disproves that Gender is a social construct. (See attachment)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/icd.2064

Failing to disprove the tenets of this study should signify that the whole gender neutrality phenomenon is removed from Coc on the grounds of being unscientific. Disagreeing to this poll would require you to submit a reasonable source or study with enough sample size that proves otherwise. News articles and metaphysical jargon of blogs isn't appreciated. Your vote wouldn't count if you fail to do the above.

Do you agree that forcing pronoun use is a form of compelled speech which is antithetical to the basic principles of the party?

Choice of words matter!

Indian pirates is a community with an open space for political discussions. Indian pirates not only encourage criticism, but also criticism is a part of the core values Indian Pirates represent.

While criticism should be encouraged, Indian Pirates as an open space for discussions, should also encourage everyone to join the existing discussions and start new ones. For which we should guarantee mutual respect in discussions that take place in Indian Pirates. Absence of which can reduce the number of constructive discussions and can also make people reluctant to join the discussions, which is against the purpose of Indian Pirates as an open space for discussions.

To keep this open space alive and productive, I request Indian Pirates to be polite and treat everyone with respect in the discussions and add the following to code of conduct.

1. Free speech comes with a responsibility to choose the words respectfully to others. Disrespectful behaviour in discussions will not be tolerated.
2. Intolerance towards a community or individual who is enjoying their liberty will be considered as hate speech.

Code of Conduct (CoC) is of no use if we can't enforce it. Free speech is not an excuse to violate CoC because freedom comes with responsibilities. CoC will be applied in its spirit, which means specific instances of violations should not be considered in isolation but with respect to the context and the past behavior of the member. Not every possible instance of misconduct can be hard coded in a CoC document. So if two or more permanent members recognize one member's activity as harmful to the whole community, for example (but not limited to) by showing lack of mutual respect (using swear words is not the only disrespectful behavior, continuously raising one-sided arguments without showing willingness to hear others opinions can also be considered as disrespectful as it doesn't bring anything useful to the community as a whole and at the same time does more harm by wasting time and energy of committed people), gaslighting, sealioning and other forms of trolling or discrimination or harassment on a regular basis even after proper warning can be considered as CoC violation.

I suggest to adopt the following steps as the official procedure to deal with CoC violations:

1. Any one violating CoC will be warned by a permanent member.

2. If the violation is repeated, there will be a reminder to stop, twice.

3. If the violation continues even after 3 warnings,

   1. In matrix room:

      1. They'll be muted for a week.

      2. On further violation, mute for a month.

      3. On further violation, mute for an year.

      4. On further violation, ban permanently.

   2. In loomio group:

      1. They'll be removed from the main group and can join back after a month.

      2. on further violation, remove permanently.

4. Warnings have to be given explicitly and at least one permanent member should vouch the decision to mute/ban other than the one who proposes it.

5. The rules apply for everyone equally irrespective of the associate/membership status except that there's no provision to ban a permanent member permanently. In case a permanent member continues to keep violating the CoC even after the specified limits, there's no point in collaborating together. Either the permanent member shall leave the group on their own or the community needs to be hard forked without including that member.

Point 5 of previously passed proposal states,

The rules apply for everyone equally irrespective of the associate/membership status except that there's no provision to ban a permanent member permanently. In case a permanent member continues to keep violating the CoC even after the specified limits, there's no point in collaborating together. Either the permanent member shall leave the group on their own or the community needs to be hard forked without including that member.

The action of hard forking community because one permanent member choose not to follow CoC is highly disproportionate and impractical
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So I suggest the following alternative for permanent members,

If a permanent member violate CoC,

In matrix room

1. For the first time in last three months, 1 week mute.

2. More than once in three months, 1 month mute.

3. No permanent ban/mute.

In Codema

1. For each time, they will be removed from codema groups for one month.