Loaded terms in free software
Loaded terms in free software
Posted Jun 19, 2020 17:56 UTC (Fri) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)In reply to: Loaded terms in free software by farnz
Parent article: Loaded terms in free software
You don’t need to work hard to recruit racist people. Racism has existed pretty much through all human history, it’s probably some leftover from earlier stages of human evolution. People do not use loaded sentences to recruit more racist people, they use loaded sentences to express their own racist views.
Posted Jun 19, 2020 21:55 UTC (Fri)
by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
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Everyone needs an "us" and "them". In nature, species (and groups, and tribes) all want "Lebensraum". And unfortunately, skin colour, or accent, or any other distinguishable feature, rapidly becomes a basis for said "us" and "them". Isn't that how Peacocks grew such long tails?
Cheers,
Loaded terms in free software
> it’s probably some leftover from earlier stages of human evolution
Wol