Re: The request of words matter updated

[Clinton Bunch <cdbunch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/28/2022 1:14 AM, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 4:00 PM Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > -1 on the patch because I don't believe people who disagree with the
> > change feel comfortable saying so publicly.
> Agreed. I am one of the few people comfortable with disagreeing to
> such changes publicly:
>
> https://felipec.wordpress.com/2020/11/13/git-master/
>
> Plenty of people have sent me private words of encouragement stating
> this master/slave terminology change is nonsense, but they don't dare
> to say so publicly.
>
> Just because the silent majority is silent doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Because they're silent, there is no way to tell if they are a majority.  
Personally, I think the silence comes from the fact 90-95% of people 
just don't care.


These words cause some people pain.  You may think the source of that 
pain is silly, but it doesn't make the pain any less real. (Ask anyone 
who's been clinically depressed about feeling pain other people tell you 
you shouldn't feel)

It's a small change that alleviates pain.  That should be reason enough 
to do it.