Political phrasing is used in the read me which is controversial and might provoke anti semitism

[aviv1ron1]

The term "free palestine" which was posted on the readme:
A. has no relevance to the project
B. violates the graphql code of conduct
C. is controversial politically
D. is many times accompanied to anti semitic behavior such as the recent attacks on jews in LA: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/jewish-hate-crime-los-angeles.html

[barvhaim]

+1

[andreyFinkel]

+1

[almogbl]

+1

[yuvalapidot]

+1

[gennady9]

+1

[Eitaje]

+1

[saputkin]

+1

[olegsu]

+1

[ad-venture]

+1

[mjm]

How does this statement violate the GraphQL code of conduct?

[eladcandroid]

+1

[aviv1ron1]

@mjm

1. It is a political issue which is controversial depending on your political view
2. It is interpreted in a different way by different people - hence controversial. There is no clear definition of what palestine is and meither what free means.
3. People who are using it are commiting hate crimes against jews all over the world lately - so this phrasing is encouraging these attacks
4. The graph QL code of conduct says to avoid political attacks
5. "Free Palestine" is a political attack on the state of Israel

We can debate what these two words mean in the deepp and historical context of Israel and Palestine, but whats the point? Is open source the place to hold political debates?
And why the maintainers political agenda should be "preached" to anyone reading the readme of this open source?

[aviv1ron1]

@mjm

to make my statement that this phrase is controversial:
qoura
free palestine movement - a Palestinian Syrian armed movement that opposes the existence of Israel

[twof]

@aviv1ron1 "Controversial" activity doesn't seem to be banned or mentioned in the code of conduct. I think this would qualify more as a political statement than an attack since it wasn't directed at any particular person. If this qualified as a political attack, then so would any statement with a commonly held opposing viewpoint.

Code of conduct: https://graphql.org/codeofconduct/

[aviv1ron1]

Excuse me @twof but if many people think that these two words define a threat to my existence that is a political attack.
If there is a movement with that name that wants me dead that is threatning me.

Shall I encourage now every developer I know to post "I stand with israel" in the title of their repos?
Is that the atmosphere that we want to encourage in open source?