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Leader in German is "Führer". Isn't that offensive too? Just to be clear, I'm not even against ditching the master/slave terminology, I'm a privileged white ci
by nicoco 3y ago
Leader in German is "Führer". Isn't that offensive too?
Just to be clear, I'm not even against ditching the master/slave terminology, I'm a privileged white cis man and I think we have to listen to all the oppressed groups.
- viraptor 3y agoYou don't have to translate literally. For example common polish names for master/slave replication translated back literally would be main/secondary. Each language users group gets to find their own consensus.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoIt's offensive to Anglophones because we only know it in one context! I would hope that Germans are capable of nuanced understanding of one of their words and not allow it to be hijacked by one rather bad apple. It'd be like if we couldn't call anyone "President" anymore because Nixon did such a bad job at it.