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A comment on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative. Parent comment

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by circlefavshape on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:36AM (#34068294)
"I am actually sympathetic to avoiding the master/slave dichotomy when naming software systems, exactly because I have heard actual reports of people feeling uncomfortable with these terms, for somewhat obvious reasons."

The reasons honestly aren't obvious to me. Doesn't everyone knows slavery existed? I don't really get it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by tsimionescu on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @12:12PM (#34068864)
I can't say I understand exactly myself, but it is a real feeling real people have, and that matters to me, even if can't directly understand it.
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