Americans' perpetual offendedness with everything is what leads to what was written in Fahrenheit 451. Constant obsession with offendedness and constant valuing of everyone else about "should I be offended now?" is so much American now it became really concerning among all this PC culture. Won't you stop your great self-destruction guys? On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 9:36 AM Don Goodman-Wilson <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > (Sorry, I meant "many (if not most) non-native English speakers DON'T > realize just how explosive certain English locutions can be to > American native speakers.") > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 8:32 AM Don Goodman-Wilson > <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I am an American living in Europe. Let me offer an analogy. Like all > > analogies, this one is imperfect, but I think it will serve to make my > > point. > > > > As an American, I don't understand French humor. It's simply beyond > > me. I've had it explained to me numerous times, but of course > > explaining a joke can't impart its inherent humor. But none of this > > should come as a surprise to anyone, as humor is a deeply cultural > > artifact, something that can only truly be understood by those raised > > within that culture. Even so, we can all appreciate the concept of > > humor generally. More to the point, I certainly don't go around > > denying that French humor exists, on the basis that I don't get it. > > > > In the same way, something I've learned living in Europe is that many > > (if not most) non-native English speakers realize just how explosive > > certain English locutions can be to American native speakers. That's > > totally understanable as, like French humor, you have to have been > > raised in the culture to really understand that fact. Like humor, we > > all have a sense of what offensiveness means, and like humor, this > > explosive content is a deeply cultural artifact, something that can > > only truly be understood by those raised within that culture. The > > visceral feeling of explosive content will probably always be beyond > > grasping, just as French humor will probably never make me laugh. > > > > But to deny that explosive content on the basis that you don't > > personally feel it, that you've never experienced it? To claim that it > > is "meaningless", that some people are "perpetually offended"? That's > > willful ignorance on your part, a bad-faith effort to engage in > > serious intellectual conversation about what is good and right, and > > has no place in a discussion about creating an inclusive space for all > > developers, let alone trying to bring about a more just world. > > > > Don Goodman-Wilson > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 2:50 AM Sérgio Augusto Vianna > > <sergio.a.vianna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Then why create all this disruption by changing the default from master > > > to "main" if you will offer a feature to set the default on creation? > > > Americans were discussing trump's tiny hands last week and will have > > > moved on to any other meaningless subject the next one. You can > > > literally never please the perpetually offended. Taking this kind of > > > slacktivism and creating problems for other people is a disgusting level > > > of entitlement that only americans display. You really care about > > > others? Remember there's other countries in the world. > > >
