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OK, I read the whole article and never did it explain what is either racist or discriminatory about "monkeypox." Discriminatory would imply that one group is being treated differently because of race, sex, religion, etc.; it's very possible that some people are getting better medical treatment than others because of poverty or other factors, but it's bizarre to claim that has anything to do with the name monkeypox or that the situation would improve by calling it "mpox."


    call it racist
    demand performative change
    claim opposition is evidence of racism
    win by introducing race into everything
implementation

    master branch is racist
    change everything to main
    "you are racist tech bro"
    everyone just goes along with it to avoid annoying meetings
the pattern is easy




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