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Re:The moral case against equity language by Arainach on Friday March 03, 2023 @05:47AM (#35007986)
This is the way language and respectful culture evolve. Something can both be an improvement over previous terms and imperfect and thus replaced by something more preferable later.
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Re:The moral case against equity language by slingnow on Friday March 03, 2023 @09:04AM (#35009768)
What made the first term imperfect? Who decided what was preferable later?
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Re:The moral case against equity language by cedilla on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:03AM (#35010478)
No one and everyone. Language changes as our world and societies change.
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Re:The moral case against equity language by DangitBobby on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:38AM (#35027418)
IDK documents such as TFA kind of make it seem like it's not exactly "everyone" making these decisions for us.
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