GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract

Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by swebs on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:28PM (#21414856)

The word has negative connotations because you're describing a very negative thing. If you suddenly decide to use a new word, it will also inevitably develop negative connotations.

Stephen Pinker explains it well:

https://stevenpinker.com/files/pinker/files/1994_04_03_newyo...

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Re:GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract by vinay427 on Saturday November 02, 2019 @03:04AM (#21426294)

Thanks for mentioning this, it was definitely worth a read. For a rather more legible version for anyone else interested: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-04-06-19940962...

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