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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @08:15AM (#34065415)
"Terran" is an established term.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by tsimionescu on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @08:53AM (#34065849)
That's exclusionary of beings not native to Terra.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:21AM (#34066242)
That's not going to be an issue. There are zero such beings known so far, no hard evidence they even exist, and we're not going to find or create ones any time soon - the same people who engage in language policing also currently dislike space exploration for various ideological reasons.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by skjoldr on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:46AM (#34067487)
Well the colonizers didn't know that Native Americans existed before landing in America, and look what happened. We must prevent any and all such occurrences in our interplanetary future by only using a non-specieist vocabulary.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by kamma4434 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:51PM (#34070447)
It’s so obvious that if colonizers had used inclusive language, everybody would have lived in peace. Though maybe labelling them ‘colonizers’ and not ‘welcome guests’ was only the first of a set of micro aggressions that precipitated the situation.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by EdiX on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:14PM (#34069830)
> That's not going to be an issue. There are zero such beings known so far

Maybe the reason there are zero openly non-terran (or, preferrably, differently planeted) folks is attutides like yours. Think about it.

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by jkingsbery on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:51PM (#34070455)
> for various ideological reasons

They are opposed to colonies wherever they might be, even lunar colonies.

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by tosc on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:28PM (#34074377)
This is gaslighting the lived experience of those who have reported abduction by aliens.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by MrYellowP on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:34AM (#34078126)
You have no argument there. The same people who care about butchering language and destroying society are the same people who don't care about facts or what's real.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by aliswe on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:26AM (#34079250)
What do you identify as, though?
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by anshumankmr on Sunday December 25, 2022 @09:59AM (#34127752)
I just love this thread.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by pc86 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:42AM (#34067426)
I think you missed the joke, friend.