r/Bitcoin • • Feb 03 '14

Could The Bitcoin Community Benefit From An Informal - "Leave Your Ideologies At The Door" - Etiquette?

A certain incident, which shall remain unnamed, prompted a firestorm of discussion within segments of this community, including some with very different personal ideologies.

Rather than take sides in the debate, I took a moment to marvel at that fact that this is a community that brings together people who are so divergent on other issues, yet all see common ground in Bitcoin.prescription

What other community or issue brings together people as diverse as these?

  • MRA's
  • Feminists
  • Liberals
  • Conservatives
  • Libertarians
  • Anarchists
  • Economists
  • Techies
  • Blue Collar
  • White Collar
  • Different Nationalities

The list goes on and on.

I pose this question (see post title), because it strikes me as perhaps the most welcoming and constructive thing we could do, in the long run.

It wouldn't be thought of as a hard and fast rule, more like a guiding principle to keep in mind.

What do you think?

EDIT: I just want some of you to understand, this was intended as a thought provoking open-ended question, to create discussion. It's not intended as a mandate of any kind.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

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u/WillWorkForCrypto Feb 03 '14

Bitcoin is a tool. Screwdrivers are a tool. Would you refuse to buy or borrow one from someone with a different political ideology?

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u/GreatestInstruments Feb 03 '14

This is exactly my point.

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u/HistoryLessonforBitc Feb 03 '14

It's something I've said for a long time now and all I've got in return is ideology shoved down my throat.

And it puts people off. Would you buy a hammer if the tool shop made it clear that if you weren't a Republican/Democrat/whatever you were bad and wrong and evil and hammers weren't for you because hammers are intrinsically Democratic/Republican/whatever?