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Man, this looks like a real trainwreck. You know how all those famous people did that open letter against Cancel Culture recently, and the majority of them bac
by RIMR 6y ago
Man, this looks like a real trainwreck.
You know how all those famous people did that open letter against Cancel Culture recently, and the majority of them backed away from it realizing it made them look dumb?
This is the exact same thing, but for programmers. Stop doing this and just accept your deserved criticism when you include slurs in your code comments.
- pingpongchef 6y agoThe cases of backout that I saw were because they didn't like being on the same side of an issue with people they otherwise disagree with [1]. Nothing to do with the statement. [1]: https://twitter.com/JennyBoylan/status/1280646004136697863 https://twitter.com/JennyBoylan/status/1280646004136697863 (Archive: http://archive.vn/7IYxP http://archive.vn/7IYxP)
- RIMR 6y agoThat makes it worse actually. Thanks for sharing.
- happytoexplain 6y agoUnfortunately, statements are intrinsically tied to their usage, as a natural result of the concept of context, and proponents govern usage. If I say "it's OK to be white" in some totally innocent way, and then suddenly realize that 90% of the people saying the same thing are using it to express hatred, I am not unprincipled or hypocritical to rescind, clarify, and find a different way to say what I was originally trying to say. This is unavoidable in communication and rational to account for.
- mumbisChungo 6y agoWhich language from the letter is being used by others in a way to express hatred?
- Uhhrrr 6y ago> the majority of them backed away from it I'm going to need a source here.