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> That said, this is slightly ridiculous. Which makes it actively harmful: Anything you do which is even somewhat ridiculous can be seized upon by your politic
by msla 6y ago
> That said, this is slightly ridiculous.
Which makes it actively harmful: Anything you do which is even somewhat ridiculous can be seized upon by your political enemies and turned into ammunition against you. They can claim your whole movement is about the ridiculous thing, and use it to derail discussions: "Yes, yes, that point is good, but did you know they renamed something in a piece of software just because it vaguely reminded someone of slavery? Time to talk about that now!"
- superkuh 6y agoRemember that we're talking about Microsoft here. We don't need to give them the benefit of the doubt. They've already shown by the actions over and over and over what kind of corporation they are.
- waon 6y agoThey’re surely notorious for their past business practices like EEE, but I don’t recall them actively trying to stir up racial conflict.