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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by cjcole on Saturday February 06, 2016 @02:44PM (#11049398)
That categorization ("blatant racist") will sadly tend to produce an endless argument over who can and can't be racist. That's fruitless.

More accurately, that statement is both anti-white and misandrist, almost by definition, by equating white plus male with damage.

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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by yoodenvranx on Saturday February 06, 2016 @03:06PM (#11049542)
> an endless argument over who can and can't be racist

It blows my mind that some people really believe that only white people can be racist. It's like they completely redefined the meaning of the word "racist".

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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by seehafer on Saturday February 06, 2016 @03:17PM (#11049608)
> It blows my mind that some people really believe that only white people can be racist. It's like they completely redefined the meaning of the word "racist".

That's the point. Redefine words so that it's impossible for someone who doesn't share their point of view to have any moral high ground.

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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by BurningFrog on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:20PM (#11049927)
Redefining common words makes your ideology impossible to discuss with outsiders.

That makes your followers who have adopted the new definitions fairly immune to persuasion. Some cults work like this. I've never seen it done by anyone with a defendable agenda.

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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by jshevek on Saturday February 06, 2016 @03:30PM (#11049665)
Yes, they did completely redefine the term. And they hold that their definition is the only 'correct' definition; all other definitions were a mistake and it is racist to use them.
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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by dhimes on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:11PM (#11049882)
Maybe Github's words and deeds will result in a lawsuit by "white people" and we'll get this legally settled.
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