When did the CS field turn from freedom of speech and hacker mentality

Re:When did the CS field turn from freedom of speech and hac... by bloodorange on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:36AM (#24684823)

Assuming you genuinely made a sincere effort and could not come up with plausible reasons for the resistance, I'll mention a couple that immediately came to my mind:

- Breaking existing conventions

- Using "being offended" as a way to control someone else's language

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Re:When did the CS field turn from freedom of speech and hac... by throwaway_oil on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:45AM (#24684860)

I can see resistance, but I'm surprised by how much.

I see the inconvenience of the former, but I don't see how it ignites the passion I see in these disagreements. :%s/master/main/g should go a long way, right?

The latter is nothing new; it's the Overton window, which has existed for a long time. This issue seems like a small shift in the window.

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