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Words often work like unique signifiers "symbols", often by using them you learn them and dont question it. Thats a neutral phenomenon. It has advantages and disadvantages. Mainly, redlist is as disconnected from meaning as much as blacklist is. Requiring the understanding of what a "car" is, and why they cant "wheel their way" thru a cross shaped road becuse of a colored light being there. (Mabe even "across" may make no sense anymore in the future) It sounds really stupid when put like that, but accessability is important.
it isn't though. you don't need cars to learn red means stop, we literally had miniature roads, crossing and signs at my pre-school (or whatever it's called in English, the one you go at age 3 till 6, you start school at 6).
Stop sign is red, pedestrian crossing are just red - stop, green - go. you learn that from a very young age so the association is natural.
Also, just to be clear, I didn't say redlist is good, just that it's less stupid than blacklist.
Fair, the idea of "going" will be there and hopefully, likely its symbols will stay relivant.
How is blacklist stupid? Green and red aren't natural, in fact black/white makes more sense because it represents a binary choice (true/false, off/on).