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What if we already went down a slippery slope by permitting racist language to permeate culture and making things right requires an equally slippery slope? Could this be the reality we live in now?

I would contend, however, that those who are trying to combat racism and it’s markings in our culture are in more of an uphill climb.

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You’re right, we should remove the words from the language such that not even “racist” concepts can be expressed. An act of daring of such thought itself should be a crime. In fact we should call this new language: newspeak.

This story is about a business (Github) deciding to change language in their product that could carry racist connotations. It’s not about criminalizing racist language.

Except this usage doesn’t and has never had racist connotations. If one wilfully chooses to misinterpret the meaning of words then that is on them.

Much the same way RMS did not defend Epstein. Truth is often the first casualty.

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