Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 22, 2020 14:25 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Loaded terms in free software by milesrout
Parent article: Loaded terms in free software

Nobody is realistically offended by 'master' either. They're just pretending to be offended, to, as someone actually admitted in the comments, try to make anyone that continues to use the term look like a racist even when they aren't one.

Yet four minutes after you posted this, you replied to someone who was upset by these terms. You told them to get over themselves and called them "these people", i.e. not the people who matter and who should be allowed to take decisions.

You are arguing in bad faith.

Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 22, 2020 16:31 UTC (Mon) by milesrout (subscriber, #126894) [Link] (2 responses)

If I post that I get upset by the comments asking for this change does it automatically become bad? Or are the only valid tears the ones that are from people that you agree with?

Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 22, 2020 19:23 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

The time to do that is *before* you make it clear that you're arguing in bad faith. If you were to do that now everyone would just assume, rightly, that you were lying. (btw: this comment makes it yet more clear. You are treating this like some sort of sporting contest in which your side must win. It's not a sporting contest when actual people get hurt, without their consent, by your actions.)

Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 22, 2020 20:47 UTC (Mon) by milesrout (subscriber, #126894) [Link]

I'm not arguing in bad faith and never have been. My point that you are ignoring is quite obvious. Respond to it or not at all, troll.