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Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

Joseph Touch <touch@strayalpha.com> Fri, 24 July 2020 16:00 UTC

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+1

> On Jul 24, 2020, at 5:32 AM, Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org> wrote:
> 
> Sure, an occasional change in terminology is only a small step. But it's still moving us in the right direction, and costs us practically nothing

We follow grammar and punctuation rules, with exceptions.

I don’t think anyone is claiming we won’t have exceptions here or that tools will be perfect (the current tools aren’t either).

The point is to:
- highlight the concern (from a *variety* of perspectives - race, oppression, sex, gender, ethnicity, national identity, age, etc.) 
- provide some other terms that are often more precise anyway
- provide / evolve tools to help identify uses to be considered more closely

Let’s be clear that this community generates a lot more position statements that are of less utility. IMO, let this one proceed.

Joe

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