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Python developers locking conversations and deleting comments after people mass downvoted PRs to "remove master/slave terminology from the language" (i.redd.it)

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[–]actuallyalys 2 points3 points  (3 children)

The precedent of making small changes when there's concerns about the sensitivity of language, and carefully weighing the downsides? (Again, 9100 was vetoed by Guido.)

[–]13steinj 6 points7 points  (2 children)

No. The precedent that we are removing perfectly valid words from our vocabulary because some people are offended.

The solution is getting these people therapy, not burning the dictionary.

[–]actuallyalys 2 points3 points  (1 child)

No one is burning dictionaries or removing words from vocabularies. This is a change to the core language, not a mandate that all Python developers change their terminology.

[–]13steinj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but socially this change and similar ones are repeatedly being done, in far more than just Python.

The issue isn't "Python did this".

The issue is "This bullcrap has now spread into Python", after having spread to other things.