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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by amelius on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @08:22AM (#34065488)
> I reject the notion that anyone hearing or reading a word from this list could possibly experience anything properly categorized as "harm".

It's not from reading such words once. But if you hear them many many times, they can cause harm because they create subtle biases, prejudices, change one's self-image, etc.

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by LegitShady on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:32AM (#34066406)
no
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by amelius on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:03PM (#34069666)
yes