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o11c  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The problem with Github's Open Code of Conduct

    TBH, what gets called "SJW" brigading is a lot of the times a good instance of Poe's Law. Especially when people are going around saying "HEY LOOK AT THIS SJW ON TUMBLR" --mostly, Poe's Law.

In the general case? I agree, most people who talk about "SJW" are not talking about anything useful.

But in the specific case I mentioned of the Django master/slave terminology problem? That's a case where enough important people agreed that the "problem" was important enough to violate the accurate, industry-standard terminology and cause friction any time people move or interact between projects.

I would honestly not be surprised if the constant low-level irritation at not using the standard terminology costs, in the long run, more contributor effort than those few who get offended at mere use of the terms "master" and "slave" in a nonhuman, accurate, context.