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Re:Twitter is dropping coding terms like 'master' and 'slave' by sdoering on Friday July 03, 2020 @09:27AM (#23723806)
I am indifferent. My ancestors were slaves. Other ancestors were slavers. Most people only need to go back far enough to find both in their line of ancestry.
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Re:Twitter is dropping coding terms like 'master' and 'slave' by semi_good on Friday July 03, 2020 @09:36AM (#23723872)
My ancestors weren’t. But I’d be triggered by anything that didn’t shame that time in history, if they were.
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