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		gregd on April 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Changes at Basecamp Actually there are legitimate arguments that master/slave in this context (IT) are precisely tied to slavery.

x3n0ph3n3 on April 27, 2021 | [–]

Yes, but not _black_ slavery. It's not inherently racist terminology.

kazinator on April 27, 2021 | [–]

Those legitimate arguments are themselves not in in the context of IT, though. They lie in the intersection of word semantics, etymology and the racial politics of the extreme left.

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