On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 2:34 AM Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > > Sorry for fanning the flames, but this whole thread is so over > the top I'm finding it kind of entertaining. > > On 1/07/20 2:23 am, Piper Thunstrom wrote: > > The grammarian movement, in general, was built on > > elevating a very specific form of English over others. It specifically > > was chosen to avoid "lower class" usages > > This argument seems to rest on the assumption that "lower > class" equates to "non-white". This is an extremely US-centric > idea. It could possibly even be described as exhibiting a > "breathtaking level of ignorance"... > > > the > > Elements of Style (And many works like it) are built on a system of > > white supremacy. > > If that's true, then the entirety of Western culture is built > on a system of white supremacy. That includes all our modern > technology. It includes the Python programming language. We'd > better stop recommending Python to people! > > > Each individual who likes > > Elements of Style is not wrong for liking the book, you can keep it on > > your shelf and no one will be angry. > > Okay, I'm confused. S&W is a symbol of white supremacy that > shall never be recommended or mentioned in polite company, but > it's all right to have one on your shelf, as long as you keep it > to yourself... or something? > > You can't have it both ways.
Not if you keep the book between a rainbow and a unicorn. -- Giampaolo - gmpy.dev _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/CBHLMDEMEKQC5Z4P5OMMZJZ6X4BBTC4Z/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
