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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by josephg on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @06:44PM (#31104030)
The existence of the war in Ukraine doesn’t mean we stop caring about anything else. If you got punched in the face, I think you would still care even though there’s a war on.

If anything, the actions Putin is taking to control the information landscape make me much more upset about woke clippy. Liberal society should be about a free exchange of ideas. It’s not just another orthodoxy with soft manipulation instead of hard manipulation for thoughtcrime.

If you don’t understand why this seems manipulative and tone deaf to lots of folks, that means you’re confused. Not right.

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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by mxkopy on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:29PM (#31105463)
Slippery slope fallacy. Woke clippy does not lead to authoritarianism, authoritarian legislation does. Of which there is plenty in my country.

You are truly blessed if the most worrying thing in your nation right now is Google's attempt to compete with Grammarly.

If there was a war going on, I would not compare getting punched in the face to a war crime.

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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by josephg on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:14PM (#31105695)
If you truly believe worrying about the war is more important than talking about woke clippy here on HN, I’m confused. Why then are you here taking part in this conversation? You clearly don’t care about the issues I (and others) are raising in this thread. But if you actually don’t care, why take part in the discussion at all?
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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by mxkopy on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:27AM (#31107436)
I do think there is a problem that merits discussion. But to ring such alarms and place it in this context doesn't do that discussion justice. There is more nuance to be had.
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