I did not think to go directly to you, Mitchell, because I did not feel safe doing so. Many of the statements you’ve made indicate that you do not understand or are unwilling to confront the power dynamics involved (that is, of institutionalized power and oppression). E.g., when Tim expressed on governance that he felt he was being treated as less than human you asserted that he was hurting the community and told him to drop the conversation. To my knowledge, you have never apologized for this or acknowledged the impact of your admonishment. Given that, how on earth do you expect me to feel okay coming to you directly with any code of conduct issue?

Moreover, why are we talking about my chosen method of communication, rather than what’s delaying the adoption of a code of conduct?

That’s what she said. So basically you’re saying that you don’t want this to be too public.
I think the way you were allowed to talk openely at Mozilla without pressure from the management is long gone, and that’s a perfect example.

Heck, can you believe that I’m actually posting this anonymously because otherwise I fear I would get problems? That’s the freaking core issue if you want my opinion. (and yes the ip is anonymized as well)

1) To bring external visibility to the issue (not everyone interested has time to regularly visit mozilla.governace).

2) It’s been very taxing to participate in the code of conduct conversations on governance and I’m not quite up for it this week. I need to get some actual work done, rather than deal with the emotional fallout of my feelings and experiences, and those of my compatriotsm being invalidated by our peers and leaders.