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When Darth Vader tells Luke that one day Luke will call him master, is he also committing a microagression? Maybe the writers were, but I doubt it. To most Eng
by optimiz3 6y ago
When Darth Vader tells Luke that one day Luke will call him master, is he also committing a microagression?
Maybe the writers were, but I doubt it. To most English speakers master just means person in control or source of truth.
Or we should retcon Star Wars. Time to ban some more books and film I guess. Yay?
- varispeed 6y agoIt can also be used in context of mastering a skill or in the audio world the final copy of a song is called a master. Now what?
- bbarnett 6y agoWill all the Jackie Chan films need to be dubbed? Will dojos have a new name for their master?
- mratsim 6y agoYou'll pry my Master's degree over my dead cold hands
- ryneandal 6y agoAh, yes. Whataboutism rather than debating the premise.
- Jill_the_Pill 6y agoIt's DARTH VADER! Of course he is committing a micro-macro-mega-aggression! Maybe Darth Vader isn't your best choice for standards of real-world social discourse?
- optimiz3 6y agoI'd wager micro-agression verbiage was not front of mind when the dialogue was written. Not "woke" in the least.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into flamewar. Look at how much crappier the thread gets below. It's everybody's responsibility not to push threads in such directions. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26490895 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26490895.