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Re:Official StackOverflow FAQ on Gender Pronouns and Code of... by ykevinator on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:13AM (#21232808)
The presumption of malicious intent is what's off putting. Plus its a fool's errand, you cannot retrain a few billion people by public shaming. I'm a liberal, and this is stupid.
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Re:Official StackOverflow FAQ on Gender Pronouns and Code of... by notadoc on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:19PM (#21235097)
> you cannot retrain a few billion people by public shaming

There have been many cultural revolutions throughout history where a group tries to retrain millions through shaming, reeducation, force, policy, banning, censorship, etc.

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Re:Official StackOverflow FAQ on Gender Pronouns and Code of... by ihatemondays on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:33AM (#21233433)
One of the central ideas that lead SE is "Assume good intent". There's no presumption of malicious intent.
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Re:Official StackOverflow FAQ on Gender Pronouns and Code of... by rednixion on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:12PM (#21234214)
... didn't they just fire someone like two weeks ago based on a presumption of malicious intent?
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