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How about instead of restricting use of the software, adding in a clause that states "Use of this software is a formal acknowledgement and agreement by the user that race and gender are a social construct, gender identity and sexual orientation is a spectrum, humans can not be illegal,... " etc.
Thus use of the software is not restricted and is still open source, but forces groups, organizations, and people who disagree with the above to acknowledge something counter to their system of power.
i dont think that would be actually meaningful in any way unless its something that can have actual consequences for them. theyve shown they themselves think their own words are meaningless.
I think you underestimate the hate.
For the organisations that want to deny the ideals suggested. Using software under such a licence would lose them support. So when developers select such a licence. The software itself gets recognised as such. Meaning any shitty organisation using it gets labeled unacceptable to their very user base.
So requiring the acceptance of these facts would have the same effect as anything else.