The master/slave analogy isn't comparable. The terms "master" and "slave" refer to the relationships between technical components of the system, not to people.

The master/slave analogy isn't comparable. The terms "master" and "slave" refer to the relationships between technical components of the system, not to people. Every time inclusive language comes up, there are people who sound off about the absurdity of trying to avoid offending everyone. Yes, offending people on the Internet is fine, and probably unavoidable. That's not the issue. Large parts of our society still routinely get excluded from many things, as a matter of course, for no reason except that it's been the status quo for a long time. Deliberately using inclusive language is a way to broadcast a conscious decision: "We are willing to make at least trivial efforts to break that trend in our group." This is about not making people feel excluded for reasons that are completely beyond their control, particularly when they're routinely so excluded elsewhere in society.