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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 xkcd-sucks on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:38AM (#34068337)
> But some other kids will figure out the same thing people pushing for and enforcing such lists have: that this gives them power over others.

Tbf this seems baked in to human development, some children just love enforcing authorities' rules and tattling on other children

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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by colpabar on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @12:17PM (#34068937)
I agree. Which is why lists like this should be outright rejected - they will inevitably be abused.
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