alt Hacker News> I think it's our civic duty to crusade for those causes
Why crusade using the resources of a technical community though? Surely it alienates the people who don't happen to align with the causes important to you.
There are myriad ways to perform your civic duty in your city. You could knock doors and encourage people to vote, for example. Why do it through a technical community?
There is zero way you don't alienate anyone. Ask women software engineers if they ever feel alienated. That's the reason why some communities like the python community do outreach for minorities in tech.
I'm a white man, and I have never felt "alienated" in so-called progressive spaces.