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I'm struggling to understand why such a term in a codebase would be offensive. Even if it were intentional (which apparently it's not) I fail to see how it coul
by matthewmacleod 11y ago
I'm struggling to understand why such a term in a codebase would be offensive. Even if it were intentional (which apparently it's not) I fail to see how it could be considered 'exclusionary', as claimed. Frankly, the author comes off with the baffling sort of self-righteous political correctness which scares me a little in it's reductiveness.
That said, this is obviously not the way to build a community. Kicking people out for this sort of thing sets a bad precedent. If enough people found this offensive to enough to back a change, then maybe it's better to accept that view as legitimate, even if it's not one you hold.
Of course, we only know one side of the story, so maybe there's more to it.
- s9w 11y agoMy guess would be that they wanted to stop this sort of thing before it becomes a real problem. There have been numerous examples of this kind of "sjw" behaviour influencing and even targeting big open source projects, and people become afraid of it (Sarah Sharp is the only name I can remember at the moment from such an incident). I don't know the people involved though.