Sorry, it has nothing to do with etymology. It is a remote and obscure use case which may or may not be offensive to some group or other.
I do not care. I'm here to read about some tech company changing their revenue model, and what tech people has to say about it. If I cared about endless discussions and virtual virtue hoarding about race, gender and politics, I'd be browsing the dark side of twitter, not the front page of HN.
I'm so tired of langauge being turned into a minefield, and every conversation ending up being about race, gender, religion, politics and whatnot. I'm a technical person, I care about technical stuff, and I use langauge to communicate technical ideas, not ideological ones.
I do not care. I'm here to read about some tech company changing their revenue model, and what tech people has to say about it. If I cared about endless discussions and virtual virtue hoarding about race, gender and politics, I'd be browsing the dark side of twitter, not the front page of HN.
I'm so tired of langauge being turned into a minefield, and every conversation ending up being about race, gender, religion, politics and whatnot. I'm a technical person, I care about technical stuff, and I use langauge to communicate technical ideas, not ideological ones.