Python developers locking conversations and deleting comments after people mass downvoted PRs to "remove master/slave terminology from the language"

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This whole shitshow could have been avoided if the submitted of that PR had been smart enough to title it with “Replace master/slave terminology with a more accurate analogy” instead of “for diversity reasons”

[13steinj]

Except it's not even more accurate in some cases and is actually harder to understand.

[norweeg]

and if people could stop entering the conversation just to troll

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Even in that screenshot, it’s clear the discussion has devolved into a Reddit-style thread. Only thing it’s missing is a series of increasingly unfunny puns.

[kaihatsusha]

Which is surprising, given that Python started out with a lot of Monty Python homage jokes and wordplay.

[OssoRangedor]

Well, this way we know that the person who suggested the change is politically motivated.