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interesting idea, I guess maybe we just think like that in selfishness? (idk if selfish is the right word here) if someone was to become the lead dev of a project like this and they were extremely hateful of my culture in particular or something, i'd prolly not want that guy to be the lead dev, but if they're not doing any harm i guess that's just my selfishness wanting them to reflect my views so my views get more recognised in society through the platform that they've earned? (though that'd be quite justified)
overall though if that person wasn't causing actual harm, just publicly having that view there's no harm done and it'd be the most resource efficient to just let that person be. i'd probably complain but that's probably because we evolved to prioritise our own interests above that of society as a whole.
though we all live in democracies and developers of foss projects shouldn't have to be where we gain our political voice, but I guess we just aren't there yet.