“In the worst case, it will do nothing but piss off right-wingers, and then it would still be worth the effort for me.”
And do you expect it to change their minds? Because pissing people rarely does. Pissing people off closes their minds to you and the influence you might have had. Oblivious meaningless pandering just makes everyone roll their eyes.
The word master has had and still has meaning completely unrelated to human slavery, pretending one use of the word should dictate the ability to use all other uses is asinine.
I think that people that get pissed off about this are going to get pissed off about any small change to their lives due to people trying to help with equality. So nobody should be worry about pissing off snow flakes like that when real progress could be made. Not that I think the change to the word ‘master’ in software development is actual progress.
“In the worst case, it will do nothing but piss off right-wingers, and then it would still be worth the effort for me.”
And do you expect it to change their minds? Because pissing people rarely does. Pissing people off closes their minds to you and the influence you might have had. Oblivious meaningless pandering just makes everyone roll their eyes.
The word master has had and still has meaning completely unrelated to human slavery, pretending one use of the word should dictate the ability to use all other uses is asinine.
Its probably not possible to change their mind, so I’m happy if they stay as far away as possible.
I think that people that get pissed off about this are going to get pissed off about any small change to their lives due to people trying to help with equality. So nobody should be worry about pissing off snow flakes like that when real progress could be made. Not that I think the change to the word ‘master’ in software development is actual progress.