I think most people are fine with a style guide discouraging "retards". That's not the issue here at all, and I'm really surprised that you think this is what p

I think most people are fine with a style guide discouraging "retards". That's not the issue here at all, and I'm really surprised that you think this is what people are objecting to. Do you really believe this is the problem? On the other hand, a style guide discouraging "users" or "master" is a problem, especially for a school that offers Masters of Science degrees -- how exactly is their website supposed to cover that? How are software usage guides supposed to be posted online if "user" is not allowed? Or "submit"? People turn to the web for information and need to be able to obtain this information. Stanford should understand this.