Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 11:26:24 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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On 02/01/2025 20:04, rbowman wrote:

What isn't 'woke' these days? The language is over the top but does the
end result really differ from civilized behavior in the workplace?

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Yes. Absolutely it does.
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Civilised behaviour is a culture of tolerance. Woke is a culture of
vicious intolerance towards anyone who challenges a narrow definition of
a modern Puritanism.
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Civilised behaviour doesn't get you fired. Civilised behaviour doesn't
get you blacklisted.
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Woke is part of the reason Trump will be president. People don't like
being told what to think. This isn't Putin's Russia.

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I understand your point but I've self-censored myself for a very long
time. My unfiltered thoughts probably would get me fired or blacklisted.
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What does bother me about woke is, while I wouldn't refer to someone as a
fat, black, lesbian asshole in most conversations, not the fat, black,
lesbian asshole wants a pat on the head.
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I think some of it is épater le bourgeois but I'm from the wrong
generation to be shocked by a pierced, rainbow-haired blob. I do regret
that they have achieved any political power.
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I don't like musicals but I'm reminded of 'Cabaret' and what happened when
the music stopped at the Kit Kat Klub.
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Self-censorship is exactly what they want to achieve. That is the best way to dismantle freedom.
As a counter to that, I've started to drop a few "negros" in conversations here and there out in town, and I also started to wear my MAGA hat on the streets of Stockholm.
Once a guy wanted to assault me for saying the word negro, uncountable times, I've received the evil eye, but.... I think there is actually a tiny shift where more and more people simply do not care to excite themselves any longer if they hear the word negro.
Negro has also become a symbol word. When a group of technologists meet, and if the chemistry seems to be right, someone might let a small negro drop and everyone then watches the reaction. If no one cares, if there's even knowing smiles, that's the signal that no self censorship is necessary and open and honest conversation can then start.
I sent a christmas greeting on mastodon to the association of afro-swedes consisting of the monkey song and video from Mowgli.