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> words we've been using for decades to describe a concept. Yeah, and so was calling black men "boy" or using the n-word like 50 years ago. Language changes b
by madamelic 5y ago
> words we've been using for decades to describe a concept.
Yeah, and so was calling black men "boy" or using the n-word like 50 years ago.
Language changes because people realize there are better words that more people are okay with.
- trollied 5y agoLanguage also adapts over decades so that words are computer/IT terms & have no other connotations. Like most of the stuff in this thread. Have a think about that.
- npteljes 5y agoWords do have connotations, that's the reason why people use them - because they refer to similar concepts, even in different contexts.
- zeveb 5y ago'Whitelist' and 'blacklist' have nothing to do with race, they never had anything to do with race, and anyone who thinks they do is, quite simply, wrong. Knowing these facts, this is nothing like calling a black man 'boy' or using the n-word — so bringing them up is irrelevant.
- Underphil 5y agoAre you genuinely suggesting that using the n-word and asking the network team to add an IP to a blacklist come from the same moral place?
- elenaferrantes 5y agoYou just used the term "bl..k". This word is forbidden. Use the allowed word "coloured" next time. —- The langage police