Comment by skrtskrt
10 months ago
it's not that recent that it's a very negative term - the wiki even says the usage with regards to covering up police crimes dates back to the 70s
10 months ago
it's not that recent that it's a very negative term - the wiki even says the usage with regards to covering up police crimes dates back to the 70s
Yeah, but it wasn't an overt white supremacist slogan until recently. Regardless, I wouldn't have chosen that phrasing, either. I just think it's improbable that the OP (on the Linux list I mean) intended to associate linux maintainers with white nationalists.
the association with police has always been tied to white nationalism, the only change is that the association has become mainstream