> The last thing many of them want is to deal with culture war nonsense seeping into their fun hobby.

This is bullshit.

Typically we are talking about the same category of people that become Reddit mods. Those are full blown adults where internet drama and culture war nonsense is their actual hobby. The open source thing beneath it is the side project.

It's the reason why I avoid getting involved with open source communities like billionaires avoid taxes.

That said, my original point is not to avoid Gleam as a language. The language itself looks pretty interesting. You don't need to stare at the CoC to use the language.