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> The only thing "the SJW crowd" has changed is which words are now seen as offensive. Well, that, and also bullying thousands of well-meaning projects into do
by feanaro 5y ago
> The only thing "the SJW crowd" has changed is which words are now seen as offensive.
Well, that, and also bullying thousands of well-meaning projects into doing silly renamings they didn't want or need to spend energy on. Introducing thousands of silly little bugs and problems downstream, wasting thousands of productive hours.
- wpietri 5y agoEven if that were the case, which I'm skeptical of, you're missing the other side of the productivity question. One of the major shifts in acceptable language relates to inclusion, especially in regards to gender and race. Given open source's ongoing diversity problem [1], you have to reckon with all the labor lost from excluding people. [1] e.g.: https://www.wired.com/2017/06/diversity-open-source-even-worse-tech-overall/ https://www.wired.com/2017/06/diversity-open-source-even-wor...