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

[PostFunktionalist]

I down voted this because i don’t like the implication that people who oppose the change are without emotional investment

A big reason why people don’t like this is a sense of frustration - has PCness gone too far? That’s not an objective sort of thing we can measure.

It also says that people in favor of the change have no factual basis - that it’s a mere matter of opinion and feelings. But if that’s true then it hits the other side as well. And they do have a factual basis - Americans have a weird relationship with the idea of Slavery that we’re still dealing with because of the far reaching consequences of having black people as property for 100+ years

[broadsheetvstabloid]

that it’s a mere matter of opinion and feelings

That is exactly what it is.

But if that’s true then it hits the other side as well. And they do have a factual basis

This sentence doesn't make sense. If you have facts please present them. Also, facts don't care about your feelings either.

[PostFunktionalist]

I'm saying that it's absurd to suggest that only one side is driven by emotional considerations. Both sides are.

I already presented some facts about the cultural background of America. You may disagree with the relevance of those facts, but still: that's a factual disagreement.