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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by TeaDrunk on Sunday July 12, 2020 @03:06PM (#23813844)
Do you actually know the people in the linux kernel community who are discussing this change and do you know they are unreasonable people who can be described as a mob? Genuinely asking because I don't know them, and therefore I can't judge on who they are as people, but you are clearly judging them as people so I'm assuming you know them?
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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by loceng on Sunday July 12, 2020 @07:06PM (#23815502)
I didn't call them a mob - try reading what I said again. Also the length of your argument repeating the same (wrong) thing doesn't strengthen it either.

Many people's reading comprehension in this thread suits the arguments they want to make, setting up straw man arguments seemingly without realizing it.

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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by neilp1 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @08:14PM (#23815856)
Perhaps you could be clearer who you’re calling a mob.
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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by ryanobjc on Monday July 13, 2020 @04:34AM (#23818514)
You instead accused the Linux kernel team of either "pandering to a mob" or "ungrounded in reason".

Hardly charitable. Do you think everyone who has a different view from you total scum of the earth?

Maybe they came to a totally rational conclusion, using a completely different set of axioms than you would, that this change is worth it?

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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by loceng on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:09AM (#23870616)
Initiated by what? They decided to review the terminology prior to a mob existing? I'm not sure if you're purposefully ignoring the context that all of this is unfolding under.
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