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Re:The Brontë archive needs to be secured for public use and... by SiVal on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @06:40AM (#27892109)
The meaning was not simply open and freely given to all. It was that plus a payload of a specific type of condemnation of historical villains that is fundamental to the current campus dogma. The meaning of "made available to the public" is not one of the dictionary senses of the term "decolonized", which caused the "confusion" mentioned by the questioner. The "open" part of the meaning as well as the full implication can only be parsed if you recognize the doctrinal jargon.
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Re:The Brontë archive needs to be secured for public use and... by antonvs on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:01AM (#27893823)
I've described the meaning the author used here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27889686

The rest seems to be you just jerking your knee at a term that triggers you.

Here on HN people will use computer jargon or appropriated scientific jargon to describe things. Guess what, the same happens in other circles, just with different terms.

The culture war you're fighting is all in your head.

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