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It's not "racially gated," lol. It's a word that was popularized and primarily used by black activists, just like how "bikeshed" as a verb was invented by and m

It's not "racially gated," lol. It's a word that was popularized and primarily used by black activists, just like how "bikeshed" as a verb was invented by and mainly used by software engineers.

UncleOxidant 2y ago
> like how "bikeshed" as a verb was invented by and mainly used by software engineers How dare you occupationally gate this term! (if it's not clear /s)
- llm_nerd 2y ago
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  - UncleOxidant 2y ago
    Oh, thank you for this rebuke kind sir!
    - llm_nerd 2y ago
      Oh such a polite and wonderful retort! Love your thoughtful contribution! (/s)
llm_nerd 2y ago
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- spondylosaurus 2y ago
  > Did I misunderstand? Yes, and perhaps deliberately so, lol. "Woke" was a word invented by black activists in the context of civil rights activism and is now being used disparagingly by people who are against modern forms of progressive activism. (I didn't use the word "white" once in the comments you're replying to, and you can CTRL+F me on that.) I also think it's telling that a lot of people like to die on the hill of "retarded used to be a clinical term!" but far fewer people are willing to die on the hill of "mongoloid used to be a clinical term!", despite both being true in roughly the same context.
  - llm_nerd 2y ago
    >I also think it's telling What is it telling you? I feel like there is some big aha here that I am missing. They both literally demonstrate the same thing -- the evolution of language -- albeit in different eras. "Mongoloid" had reverted to being considered disparaging if not clinically nonsensical by the late 70s. Retarded, literally meaning slowed, continued through to the 90s before the great cultural cancelling occurred. But both saw mainstream use that shifted to being cancelled (although everyone still chuckles when an Airbus implores the pilot to retard the plane), in the former case because it's nonsensical, and in the latter because we thought it just sounded too mean. That if we just impugned a word everything would be better. No one is dying on a hill about that, and what a ridiculous way to frame it. I love that people are busy running around down-arrowing every one of my comments, and hysterically clicking flag. Just yesterday I saw the same from the fanatical right. Get a grip.

It's not "racially gated," lol. It's a word that was popularized and primarily used by black activists, just like how "bikeshed" as a verb was invented by and mainly used by software engineers.

UncleOxidant 2y ago

> like how "bikeshed" as a verb was invented by and mainly used by software engineers How dare you occupationally gate this term! (if it's not clear /s)

llm_nerd 2y ago
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- UncleOxidant 2y ago
  Oh, thank you for this rebuke kind sir!
  - llm_nerd 2y ago
    Oh such a polite and wonderful retort! Love your thoughtful contribution! (/s)

llm_nerd 2y ago

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spondylosaurus 2y ago
> Did I misunderstand? Yes, and perhaps deliberately so, lol. "Woke" was a word invented by black activists in the context of civil rights activism and is now being used disparagingly by people who are against modern forms of progressive activism. (I didn't use the word "white" once in the comments you're replying to, and you can CTRL+F me on that.) I also think it's telling that a lot of people like to die on the hill of "retarded used to be a clinical term!" but far fewer people are willing to die on the hill of "mongoloid used to be a clinical term!", despite both being true in roughly the same context.
- llm_nerd 2y ago
  >I also think it's telling What is it telling you? I feel like there is some big aha here that I am missing. They both literally demonstrate the same thing -- the evolution of language -- albeit in different eras. "Mongoloid" had reverted to being considered disparaging if not clinically nonsensical by the late 70s. Retarded, literally meaning slowed, continued through to the 90s before the great cultural cancelling occurred. But both saw mainstream use that shifted to being cancelled (although everyone still chuckles when an Airbus implores the pilot to retard the plane), in the former case because it's nonsensical, and in the latter because we thought it just sounded too mean. That if we just impugned a word everything would be better. No one is dying on a hill about that, and what a ridiculous way to frame it. I love that people are busy running around down-arrowing every one of my comments, and hysterically clicking flag. Just yesterday I saw the same from the fanatical right. Get a grip.