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I'm all for civility and decorum, but I believe that political correctness has slipped into a hole of trigger warnings, safe spaces, and all the fun stuff we se
by sheraz 10y ago
I'm all for civility and decorum, but I believe that political correctness has slipped into a hole of trigger warnings, safe spaces, and all the fun stuff we see happening on many college campuses.
In my opinion multi-ethnic projects mean that we should grow thicker skin, and laugh off the misunderstandings and preconceptions rather than "re-educate" Orweillian style.
- dev1n 10y agoI would not consider renaming master/slave as an Orwellian "re-education". Orwellian-style re-education would be refraining from talking about the Holocaust because it causes people to get pissed off / "triggered". I also think there is a big difference between re-naming terms in computer science and not being able to talk about $ethnicity in a history class in an education setting (college campuses etc.). You should not confuse the two.