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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by scrollaway on Saturday July 11, 2020 @07:51AM (#23801399)
I wrote a comment on tildes addressing that exact question about where the harm lies: https://tildes.net/~comp/pra/replacing_potentially_insensiti...

In short there is no harm in the change itself, but rather in the perception by others of where people choose to waste their time rather than productively address root causes.

The harm is that changes like these don't actually help, and they are perceived negatively by people at large. This increases the divide and is a net negative.

And if you think I'm wrong you need only look at the comments here.

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