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> If our vocabulary can change our mindset, then maybe removing the master/slave dynamic can be a net positive, like removing the vocabulary of war from our dai

> If our vocabulary can change our mindset, then maybe removing the master/slave dynamic can be a net positive, like removing the vocabulary of war from our daily interactions. I'm not sure what you mean by "removing the vocabulary of war". > But personally I don’t see a lot of downside in the attempt to better our world. I see tons of downsides; people are losing their livelihoods over the mere appearance of impropriety defined by activist narratives. Putting so much weight into these types of things may unexpectedly cause us to view social justice in the hollow terms of performative things like word choice instead of actual equality, etc.

jeromegv 6y ago
Which jobs have been lost by the master/slave debate? I see people losing job after harassing Black bird watchers in park due to public outrage, but I don't see a lot based on those vocabulary discussion.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
  You know as well as anyone that people are losing jobs over the appearance of impropriety along very unforgiving, if not baseless grounds. Probably the most egregious so far is David Shor. These aren't racists, they're pretty normal liberals being singled out for any divergence from the BLM (organization not the ideal - read: Marxist ideologues) narrative. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/06/case-for-liberal... Along similar lines, this guy that got booted from a climate change event for a past tweet that mildly linked COVID-19 and China: >"COVID has taught us that the world is far more interconnected that we originally thought...we can’t always put ourselves first at the expense of others. > > It’s also made us realize that we are far too dependent on—and gracious to—China." https://twitter.com/BenjiBacker/status/1273042888864206848 https://twitter.com/BenjiBacker/status/1273042888864206848
- downerending 6y ago
  I've recently been told at my job that it's a firing offense.

jeromegv 6y ago

Which jobs have been lost by the master/slave debate? I see people losing job after harassing Black bird watchers in park due to public outrage, but I don't see a lot based on those vocabulary discussion.

gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
You know as well as anyone that people are losing jobs over the appearance of impropriety along very unforgiving, if not baseless grounds. Probably the most egregious so far is David Shor. These aren't racists, they're pretty normal liberals being singled out for any divergence from the BLM (organization not the ideal - read: Marxist ideologues) narrative. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/06/case-for-liberal... Along similar lines, this guy that got booted from a climate change event for a past tweet that mildly linked COVID-19 and China: >"COVID has taught us that the world is far more interconnected that we originally thought...we can’t always put ourselves first at the expense of others. > > It’s also made us realize that we are far too dependent on—and gracious to—China." https://twitter.com/BenjiBacker/status/1273042888864206848 https://twitter.com/BenjiBacker/status/1273042888864206848
downerending 6y ago
I've recently been told at my job that it's a firing offense.