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tomjen3
on April 4, 2015
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New Hacker News Guideline: Avoid Gratuitous Negati...
They attacked you because they assume, incorrectly, that you were one of the PC people, because you used a PC term, not just a less common term. This isn't unreasonable and the cost of letting PC people in is high.
mkr-hn
on April 4, 2015
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It's not a "PC word." I like the way the word sounds more, so I use it. Word choice is my prerogative as a writer.
tomjen3
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It is a PC word. Your choice of word is as you said, your prerogative. How people read it is theirs.
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