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"that reason predates "tech hipsters" by 40+ years" "it IS a culture, and that culture doesn't take self-censorship and puritan values very well..." These day
by vectorpush 13y ago
"that reason predates "tech hipsters" by 40+ years"
"it IS a culture, and that culture doesn't take self-censorship and puritan values very well..."
These days, the title of 'hacker' is akin to the title 'patriot': everybody knows what a real one looks like and they're all too happy to monkey patch their own arbitrary components into the definition. Last I heard, there is no general stance regarding self-censorship in the hacker community.
Also, I think its an impressive type conversion for you to cast what is commonly described as overzealous liberalism to puritanical religiosity. There is nothing puritanical about respecting the sensitivities of sexual assault victims.
- coldtea 13y ago>Also, I think its an impressive type conversion for you to cast what is commonly described as overzealous liberalism to puritanical religiosity. Well, I don't consider it that impressive. Political correctness is just one method the liberals found to maintain the puritanical religiosity of their past. Just the secullar side to the same coin. You cannot get puritanism out that easily, you just divert it from religious thinking to other endeavours. We have the same kind of conversions in Europe too -- not to mention that it's a kind of well discussed topic in literature and psychology.