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"We've had zero problems with master/slave terminology for decades because everyone dealing with it was cognizant enough to realize we weren't talking about hum
by rhcom2 8y ago
"We've had zero problems with master/slave terminology for decades because everyone dealing with it was cognizant enough to realize we weren't talking about human bondage."
That's a pretty big assumption. Maybe people did have a problem but felt uncomfortable voicing that opinion or maybe having an industry overwhelming white no one had the experience necessary to notice that it might be problematic.
That it's "censorship for the sake of censorship" is just the most bad faith assumption you could make. Word choices change with the culture, it's a fact of life.