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submitted 10 months ago by Luci@lemmy.ca to c/foss@beehaw.org

Found this blog post and found it had more insight into the issues around the dev and the toxicity in FOSS

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[-] Rozauhtuno 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

On top of that, ‘he’/etc has been effectively gender ambivalent for a long time

Appeal to tradition bias

I understand the desire to change that, but it’s still a normal thing in English language.

So is singular 'they'.

The rest of your post is just a slippery slope argument.

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

I thought they gave a pretty good rebuttal in regards to the singular 'they'. Just because they mentioned a fallacy in the begging doesn't mean it's an argument from fallacy.

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