linuxmasterrace

In my experience, if you let a hate group co-opt a term or euphemism, it emboldens them in that usage.

For example, "Oh you did the OK symbol 👌? That's a white supremacy symbol." No it isn't, in most contexts it means OK and in some cultures it represents a butthole.

So by using "master race" for a trivial and humorous concept that a person's choice of OS makes them superior to others, it belittles its xenophobic usage. A person's race or skin colour is (or should be) just as irrelevant as OS choice when it comes to their place in society.

Are you finding issues where there really isn't any?

Total non-issue

The origin of pcmr is a video by zero punctation.

You realize that Linuxmasterrace is the parody of penguins feeling superior to other right and you fell for it by blowing it out of proportions?

It's "tongue in cheek". What you're implying, is all of the comedy and parodies of nazis, or the KKK throughout history is actually supporting them? No, it's making them smaller, and smaller, and completely laughable.

Perhaps we should rename it to Linux-Care-Bears. You can be Overly-Sensitive-Bear, or Whoosh-Bear.

To give a bit of context: there have been similar discussions in the computer science community in recent years. Two examples are the master-slave paradigm in networking and the default git branch which used to be the "master" branch.

I see similar arguments here than in the aforementioned discussions, ranging from "non-issue", over "language forms reality", to "respect marginalized groups".

Better post this on PCMR as well, I'm sure it will be well received

I actually agree.. the name does make me uncomfortable :I

What do you think about master/slave systems in computing/electronics?

The name is actually poking fun at both the concept of believing in the existence of a master race and the users themselves. It's not because the creators or users of the community actually think they're the master race of OS preference.

Calm down.

This is just cringe. You realize the term “master race” in this context is derived from “PC master race” which in turn was coined as part of the console gamers vs. PC gamers rivalry, i.e. the “console ‘tards” vs. “PC gamer master race”… sigh…

This take is as cringy as gamergate, TBH.

Jesus christ. People go out of their way to be offended by the most non-offensive shit these days.

This reeks of thought policing. If language doesn't contain the "bad words" you can't think about it. I for one will not support a society that strives to become doubleplus good.

Ridiculous

The name is actually poking fun at both the concept of believing in the existence of a master race and the users themselves. It's not because the creators or users of the community actually think they're the master race of OS preference.

Calm down.

Thank you OP, for your important comment! The unthinking use of Nazi vocabulary only unnecessarily reproduces their rhetoric. It's not about language policing, it's about knowledge of history, a sense of appropriateness and style of language. Unfortunately, most people here don't want to deal with this, yet it is an important part of "Never Again." Unfortunately, the U.S. is running blindly into a new fascism, and language in particular is a catalyst. It helps the fascists push the boundaries of what can be said (and maybe done).