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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by creatonez on Sunday June 26, 2016 @11:39PM (#11984092)
It's not that there's a problem with the real terms, it's that stallman's alternative terms better highlight the actual nature of the things he describes. Those phrases are quick substitutions with the potential to make someone think more about the topic. Simply getting people to think about a topic is important for a social movement.

If someone in 1984 had started coining alternative terms the way stallman does, the amount of thoughtcrimes would skyrocket.

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