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> Some people get moral enjoyment from finding ways to feign offense Why not assume good faith? Surely you can make an argument against changing technical term
by rhcom2 8y ago
> Some people get moral enjoyment from finding ways to feign offense
Why not assume good faith? Surely you can make an argument against changing technical terms without assuming the person bringing up the changes is just trolling.
- Turing_Machine 8y agoPeople who are arguing in good faith don't start calling their opponents vile names after one exchange.
- adrianmonk 8y agoWhy not assume good faith on the part of the people who used the terms "master" and "slave"?
- rhcom2 8y agoThe person mentioned in the post obviously didn't assume that after they started name calling but I think you could assume good faith usage of those words and still have a problem with it.
- wang_li 8y ago>... I think you could assume good faith usage of those words and still have a problem with it. One should also understand that not all countries have the same political activists and race-baiters that the US has and therefore the words master and slave don't carry the same baggage as they do in the US.
- rhcom2 8y agoMaster/slave doesn't carry baggage because of political activists and race-baiters but because of the US' history of slavery/racism.
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- jpitz 8y agoEven if we accept that to be generally true, and I do, that doesn't mean that the person that you replied to was wrong.
- devmunchies 8y ago> Why not assume good faith? > "After it was clear that I was not interested in his argument, Mark accused me of being fascist" No need to assume.
- rhcom2 8y agoOther people have had a similar complaint, that this one person resorted to name calling immediately doesn't offer proof to me they were not sincere or that this issue isn't something some people legitimately care about.
- cwkoss 8y agoThe irony of calling someone a fascist for using the wrong word.