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On Being Blacklisted

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Re: On Being Blacklisted

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Post by naringas »

There's also an ongoing 'cultural revolution' in which older artistic creations are being reassesed by modern political correctness. (see the recent ebay and Dr. Seuss news for a most recent example)

I find this "revisionism" frightening. I fear it'll continue to get worse. I hope it does not.

Re: On Being Blacklisted

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Post by BitwiseFool »

naringas wrote: post #2

There's also an ongoing 'cultural revolution' in which older artistic creations are being reassesed by modern political correctness. (see the recent ebay and Dr. Seuss news for a most recent example) I find this "revisionism" frightening. I fear it'll continue to get worse. I hope it does not.

There's even a movement to replace the term "Blacklist" with a less problematic words such as denylist or blocklist. Of course, "Whitelist" is just as problematic - if not moreso! - and should be replaced with allowlist or safelist.

Edit: The etymology of these words have nothing to do with skincolor, Blackness or Whiteness.

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Post by WalterGR »

BitwiseFool wrote: post #3
naringas wrote: post #2

There's also an ongoing 'cultural revolution' in which older artistic creations are being reassesed by modern political correctness. (see the recent ebay and Dr. Seuss news for a most recent example) I find this "revisionism" frightening. I fear it'll continue to get worse. I hope it does not.

There's even a movement to replace the term "Blacklist" with a less problematic words such as denylist or blocklist. Of course, "Whitelist" is just as problematic - if not moreso! - and should be replaced with allowlist or safelist. Edit: The etymology of these words have nothing to do with skincolor, Blackness or Whiteness.

People talking about this want both terms to be replaced at the same time.

To believe otherwise is a willful victimhood fantasy.

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Post by poopoopeepee »

alentist wrote: post #6
poopoopeepee wrote: post #5

Person trading on reputation learns what pen names are for

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You die on the hill you fight on

> Blacklisting is an evil in itself, corrosive to the ideal of an open society, and to professional relationships in the small world of literary publishing in which this story takes place

Author wants to take one for their team. Everyone will let them. If it's about the ideas, then you can always get those out there. If it has to be attached to your name, well, you're in the realm of egos

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Post by [deleted] »

WalterGR wrote: post #4
BitwiseFool wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's even a movement to replace the term "Blacklist" with a less problematic words such as denylist or blocklist. Of course, "Whitelist" is just as problematic - if not moreso! - and should be replaced with allowlist or safelist. Edit: The etymology of these words have nothing to do with skincolor, Blackness or Whiteness.

People talking about this want both terms to be replaced at the same time. To believe otherwise is a willful victimhood fantasy.

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Re: On Being Blacklisted

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Post by kstrauser »

naringas wrote: post #2

There's also an ongoing 'cultural revolution' in which older artistic creations are being reassesed by modern political correctness. (see the recent ebay and Dr. Seuss news for a most recent example) I find this "revisionism" frightening. I fear it'll continue to get worse. I hope it does not.

The Dr. Seuss estate decided not to publish some of his works anymore because they believed they were no longer appropriate. I stand by the right of a work's owner to say, "you know, I wish this hadn't been released and I've decided not to sell it."

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Post by alentist »

poopoopeepee wrote: post #7
alentist wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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You die on the hill you fight on > Blacklisting is an evil in itself, corrosive to the ideal of an open society, and to professional relationships in the small world of literary publishing in which this story takes place Author wants to take one for their team. Everyone will let them. If it's about the ideas, then you can always get those out there. If it has to be attached to your name, well, you're in the realm of…

I should've been clearer: Your comment implies the author "just learned" what pen names are. What makes you think that?
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