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There is also a pretty consistent message sent by identifying the term as pejorative and insulting, to be fair.

There is also a pretty consistent message sent by identifying the term as pejorative and insulting, to be fair. There's a huge false dichotomy that holds that anyone who utters that phrase cannot possibly be progressive, when in fact the more likely scenario is that the speaker is progressive and is tired of a certain class of tactics overpowering the message. This thread is exhibit A, to that end. Look how many people are up in arms about the shirt and have really lost the plot of what they're mad about , and still invest their lives arguing over the shirt months after it was dead and gone and the guy apologized, in response to a one line aside from the original commenter that was interpreted as permission to get opinions off chests. There's a person nearby fervently arguing about the shirt without even having seen the shirt , and yet we are supposed to accept that this is the best path to equality and progressive change? I am not sharing an opinion (seriously, read my comment again), but I can tell from voting that it wouldn't matter anyway. My opinion would probably surprise the people voting on this comment, but I know better after several years than to ever speak to Hacker News about this topic and expect a coherent response. Again, I point to the thread.

Posted by jsmthrowaway on Jun 14, 2015, 8:07 PM

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There is also a pretty consistent message sent by identifying the term as pejorative and insulting, to be fair.

jsmthrowawayJun 14, 2015, 8:07 PM

There is also a pretty consistent message sent by identifying the term as pejorative and insulting, to be fair. There's a huge false dichotomy that holds that anyone who utters that phrase cannot possibly be progressive, when in fact the more likely scenario is that the speaker is progressive and is tired of a certain class of tactics overpowering the message. This thread is exhibit A, to that end. Look how many people are up in arms about the shirt and have really lost the plot of what they're mad about , and still invest their lives arguing over the shirt months after it was dead and gone and the guy apologized, in response to a one line aside from the original commenter that was interpreted as permission to get opinions off chests. There's a person nearby fervently arguing about the shirt without even having seen the shirt , and yet we are supposed to accept that this is the best path to equality and progressive change? I am not sharing an opinion (seriously, read my comment again), but I can tell from voting that it wouldn't matter anyway. My opinion would probably surprise the people voting on this comment, but I know better after several years than to ever speak to Hacker News about this topic and expect a coherent response. Again, I point to the thread.

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