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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.
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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
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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.
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