Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative
by Xelynega on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:40PM
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I see it quite opposite.
"We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the terms on this site" means literally nothing but "we shouldn't be held accountable for intermingling actual racial slurs with misinterpreted Wikipedia articles".
I don't see how trying to cover your ass at the start of an article somehow invalidates the content of the article.
"We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the terms on this site" means literally nothing but "we shouldn't be held accountable for intermingling actual racial slurs with misinterpreted Wikipedia articles".
I don't see how trying to cover your ass at the start of an article somehow invalidates the content of the article.