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I’ve found that technical types often don’t care about issues like this... but the name GIMP is imo an abelist slur and I really wish they would change it. Sadl

I’ve found that technical types often don’t care about issues like this... but the name GIMP is imo an abelist slur and I really wish they would change it. Sadly the devs don’t seem to care, but there is a fork called Glimpse that aims to remedy this. If any of y’all care about removing discriminatory language from open source projects, please promote Glimpse! https://glimpse-editor.org/ https://glimpse-editor.org/

brudgers 6y ago
I was not familiar with Glimpse. Thanks. Are there technical between the projects differences or simply the names?
- TaylorAlexander 6y ago
  I believe it is mostly a direct fork that maintains the name differences throughout the GUI, but I’m not totally sure!
ashneo76 6y ago
This PC speech is BS. Who qualified you to speak on behalf of everyone else? GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program.
- TaylorAlexander 6y ago
  > Who qualified you to speak on behalf of everyone else? I am not speaking on anyone else's behalf. Disabled people have said they don't like language like this, so in order to be respectful I stop using it and encourage others to do the same.
  - aiisjustanif 6y ago
    > I am not speaking on anyone else's behalf. > Disabled people have said they don't like language like this. I haven’t read a single complaint from organizations focusing on disabilities. AAPD? The Arc? While I don’t agree with changing they acronym because the offensive doesn’t match the impact. Getting backing by a group of individuals is the way to go. [1] [2] 1. https://abc13.com/negrohead-lake-baytown-texas-naacp-name-change-rename/10321379/ https://abc13.com/negrohead-lake-baytown-texas-naacp-name-ch... 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggerhead https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggerhead