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RE: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org> Fri, 24 July 2020 21:59 UTC

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Subject: RE: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language
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Surely we could reference someone else's list of terms and suggested
alternatives, as it is otherwise susceptible to bikeshedding, where everyone
has uncountable opinions.

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