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The logic according to one Microsoft PM is that if one [white virtue signalling person on behalf of some person involuntary labelled as non privileged] person i

• tsss 6y ago
  What if one black person feels discriminated? What if all black people feel discriminated? I think it's clear that the term blacklist is not discriminatory in origin nor is it used in a discriminating way. If, hypothetically, all black people would feel discriminated then there would be a real gain from changing these words, even if they were never discriminatory to begin with. Still, even in that case, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to give in to "feelings". Feeling discriminated is decidedly not the same as being discriminated and it's a slippery slope when hurting other people's feelings becomes a punishable offence.
  • Siira 6y ago
    So what? There are lots of people of "color" in this world, and most of us don't need our time wasted because some emotionally challenged persons have nothing more productive to do than obsess over how some APIs can conform better to their desires. The funny thing is that this whole tradeoff of breaking an API to make it better is nothing new; The woke is just bullying everyone by asking the tradeoff to be ignored completely in their favor.