Welcome to the paradox of intolerance: to support tolerance, one must be intolerant of intolerance. That means, no, I don't have to give voice to people baselessly criticizing the very real experiences of people wholly dissimilar to themselves.
Besides, there are other places to have this conversation about whether master should be renamed...although it's honestly been exhausted across multiple threads and articles. The only dissenters are people with absolutely no stake in the matter save a minor inconvenience in renaming a couple of things. Many of the people who have reason to care have already spoken.
From the DEV Code of Conduct:
Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:
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Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences.
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Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
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Dismissing or attacking inclusion-oriented requests
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We pledge to prioritize marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.
As the "pro-master" arguments are almost always in violation of those first two cited principles, I am merely exercising the third.
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Welcome to the paradox of intolerance: to support tolerance, one must be intolerant of intolerance. That means, no, I don't have to give voice to people baselessly criticizing the very real experiences of people wholly dissimilar to themselves.
Besides, there are other places to have this conversation about whether
mastershould be renamed...although it's honestly been exhausted across multiple threads and articles. The only dissenters are people with absolutely no stake in the matter save a minor inconvenience in renaming a couple of things. Many of the people who have reason to care have already spoken.From the DEV Code of Conduct:
As the "pro-master" arguments are almost always in violation of those first two cited principles, I am merely exercising the third.