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On a data driven platform of all places, we should be able to mutually acknowledge that one Tweet does not a pattern or movement make. I, too, can raise anecdata that I've never seen someone justify LatinX as a move to gain power.

The fact the term is dying further reinforces my point: it failed. No power gained. Does optionally calling master 'main' give people power? Do you really believe that? As far as I can tell, the 'wokes' you are so afraid of seem to be failing pretty often recently. If I believed in the existence of the 'woke' monster under my bed, and they had this track record, I would simply ignore them.

Did 'wokeism' stop Disney from losing its special tax status in Florida? No.

Did 'wokeism' stop Texas from passing laws restricting transgender students and their families? No.

Did 'wokeism' stop the abortion bounty laws from passing in Texas? No.

Has 'wokeism' prevented the recent book bannings across the US; for example, the recent banning of math books in Florida? No.

Was 'wokeism', the root of this Orwellian system you propose will engulf us, the reason why state government in Florida censored the phrase 'climate change' in state congress? I would be very surprised.

Who exactly is gaining or losing power here? And why are you so adamant that the culture war will somehow involve GitHub?

I simply cannot wrap my head around it all.




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