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| From | RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway |
| Date | 2025-02-07 18:11 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vo5idc$3jkkc$8@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2025-02-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: > On 2025-02-07 3:06 a.m., RonB wrote: >> On 2025-02-06, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: >>> On 2025-02-06 11:47 a.m., DFS wrote: >>>> >>>> https://news.itsfoss.com/running-linux-in-pdf/ >>>> >>>> Early in the article and later notes the software developer is named >>>> Allen, but never once says he or him. Instead says 'they' several times. >>>> >>>> Believe you me, I blasted this creep. >>> >>> And you've just gotten an answer as to why I went back to Windows. The >>> experience is extremely disheartening. I don't want to use Linux if it >>> gives these child predators the impression that I approve of them in any >>> way. >> >> You don't have to go to Open Source sites to find this pronoun stupidity. I >> wonder if DuFuS will be as "forthcoming" when he finds the same garbage on >> pro Microsoft or Apple sites? Something tells me that the silence will be >> deafening. >> >> At least Microsoft's 365 "Woke checker" is still optional (it appears)... >> >> https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/520413787 >> >> Microsoft Word's Wokeness checker is asleep on the job >> >> Microsoft has added a diversity checker to its Office 365 spelling and >> grammar tool (h/t Tony Thorne (@tonythorne007). You can find it by going >> to Word’s Preferences menu. Click the Spelling and Grammar option, then >> Grammar & Refinements. If you check the appropriate boxes in the >> drop-down menu, Word will scan your writing for age and cultural bias, >> ethnic slurs, gender bias, gender-neutral pronouns, gender-specific >> language, racial bias, sexual orientation bias, and socioeconomic bias. >> The goal is to replace the sensitivity readers that some publishers use >> to vet manuscripts for conscious or unconscious bias and anything else >> that might offend an audience. >> >> I unleashed Microsoft Woke, as its right-wing critics might call it, on >> some passages about gendered and genderless pronouns to see whether it >> could read for inclusivity better than a human can. >> ... >> >> Follow the link (above) if you have any real interest in this crap — it >> might help to also have a strong stomach. > > Since Microsoft serves the legal and financial communities, it doesn't > have a choice but to keep such idiocy optional. While businesses and > academia can afford to subscribe to this woke stupidity, the other are > number-based and don't care whether you would prefer to be addressed as > "ma'am" when they refuse to give you a mortgage because your credit > score is complete shit. They also don't care if you think you're a woman > after you've raped a dozen of them. Actually the financial companies are dropping this Woke DEI crap. They're finding out it's getting in their way of hiring competent people. I wonder how long it will take for Microsoft and Apple to figure that out? -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
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Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-02-06 11:47 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-06 11:54 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-02-06 18:41 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 19:30 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 08:18 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:22 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:20 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 20:27 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:46 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 12:14 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-06 12:30 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 13:00 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-06 13:25 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-02-06 20:58 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 18:09 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 08:16 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:19 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:14 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 20:24 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:43 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 08:06 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:18 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:11 +0000
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 20:18 -0500
Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:40 +0000
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