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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by VectorLock on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:03PM (#22551291)
"Classy" in this case doesn't mean "class." Some people are turned off by vulgar language.
Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by kragen on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:06PM (#22551321)
You say, '"Classy" in this case doesn't mean "class." Some people are turned off by vulgar language.' Your two statements seem to contradict each other; the first one is incorrect, and the second one is correct. Perhaps you do not know what the word "vulgar" means; it means "of the common people", that is to say, the lower class.
Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by VectorLock on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:06AM (#22553664)
Despite the pedantic definitions of the words, the point the commenter was trying to make wasn't about class distinctions, it was that they were perceiving it to be offensive.
Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by kragen on Thursday March 12, 2020 @10:06AM (#22556979)
The reason they perceive it to be offensive is that they are unconsciously enacting a dynamic of class domination that they cannot even question due to their lack of awareness, as further explained in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22551881
Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by VectorLock on Friday March 13, 2020 @06:20PM (#22571378)
Yes aversion to coarse language is internalized class warfare, you nailed it.