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Re: A contribution to ongoing terminology work

Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org> Fri, 02 April 2021 15:55 UTC

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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:55:34 -0700
From: Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org>
Subject: Re: A contribution to ongoing terminology work
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On 4/2/21 7:56 AM, Salz, Rich wrote:
>>        There are obviously some things that we must not ridicule.
> Yes. A group may decide that an absolutism argument for free speech is not worth the cost of the negative impact of some of those in the group. Generally the group hopes that the individual members all agree with such a trade-off, but particularly during a time of change, it can be difficult.
>
> We call it being polite.

   "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is 
utterly impossible to
parody the Woke in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine 
article."

   There. I updated Poe's Law for you. You're welcome.

   Dan.

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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to
escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

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