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We have a ton of these connotations: - left/sinister is negative compared to right - low is negative compared to high (“moral highground”) - south is negativ
by hrktb 6y ago
We have a ton of these connotations:
- left/sinister is negative compared to right
- low is negative compared to high (“moral highground”)
- south is negative compared to north (“things going south lately”)
Regardless of neutral usages of these words, or their factual meaning, we should acknowledge the more connotated meaning are not completely separate, and bleed on the other uses of the words.
It doesn’t mean they can’t be used with their actual meaning, but I think we should be open to the risk we’d need to stop using them in context where the connotations bleed too strong.
And I guess we reached that point for white/black/dark.