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by oreo82 2683 days ago
“Whitelist” is no longer an acceptable term. Please change the title to use a less oppressive word.
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postpawl 2683 days ago
This is a joke, right?

Check out the history of the word blacklist: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting

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oreo82 2682 days ago
No, oppression isn’t a joke. https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-knodel-terminology-00.html You’re going to need to just get over your bigotry at some point and stop oppressing others.
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