Just why -- > To clarify, this includes discussion questioning or debating the legitimacy of someone’s race, gender, sexual orientation or religion. Further, the debate or discussion of whether or not you want to or should use a person’s pronouns is both offensive and alienating How does StackOverflow expect us to be an open-minded, engaged and thriving community **if** we're not allowed to have discussions. While I agree that people can be offensive, rude, disrespectful and discordeous, it is blatantly false that discussions about these topics necessarily *have* to be negative. Sure, codify 'negative attitude' as not allowed, but how is discussing something disrespectful in any way? And why, just why, the rest of the community keeps putting up with such nonsensical and authoritarian rules? And please don't tell me that having a discussion about whether or not we can discuss about those topics is also banable. Because if it is, honestly ban away, I really don't see the point in caring anymore.