Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by londons_explore 1181 days ago
The word police seem to have gone kinda quiet lately.

I wonder if they realised that banning a few words wasn't really helping their cause.

2 comments

Those bullshit positions are the first to go in any kind of recession or downturn, that's the most likely explanation.
Or they don't see the point in arguing with people who are obviously against any sort of progressive or inclusive adjustments to society.
I want a progressive, inclusive society. I want a society that argues and fights for actual change, not just changing word usage. I bristle at the “master vs. main” debate not because I’m racist, but because it distracts from real impactful change. Every second spent arguing over whether “master” has meaning outside a slavery context is a second NOT spent on expanding educational equity or progressive taxation. The people who are benefiting from the status quo want us fighting over the dictionary.
Their main home seemed to be twitter.

I wonder if perhaps twitter's new ownership (and decrease in moderation) has impacted their activities? I wonder if perhaps it was an effort led by twitter employees because that sort of thing leads to greater use of twitter?

Was that BLM/ANTIFA HQ? The building will lose value because of all the woke air inside.