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I think what you're missing here is that it was first in the computer sense used in a time when all this discussion hadn't happen yet. So one the one hand, you
by wink 8y ago
I think what you're missing here is that it was first in the computer sense used in a time when all this discussion hadn't happen yet.
So one the one hand, you're correct, it has this meaning. But there was a time where "negro" was a word with a neutral (to a certain kind of people) meaning - just look up any newspaper from a hundred years ago. So even if we're not having the discussion if the term is appropriate or not (not my point right now) - you're arguing with a tautology. As words can enter "standard" dictionaries, so can they leave.
- swebs 8y agoAnd who knows what innocuous word today will be deemed "problematic" by the social justice warriors tomorrow.
- Upvoter33 8y agoAnd who knows who will derogatorily and condescendingly be deemed a "social justice warrior" simply for trying to be a decent human and remove the world "slave" from a code base, on the off chance that some people might truly feel the pain of that word and its ugly history.