Ask HN: Do you find the master branch offensive?

I thought the slave wording (or combination) was the offensive one.

For branches I assume master refers to "an original from which copies can be made" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master)

No, of course not. What sane and well-adjusted person could? It's patently inoffensive.

FYIs - Redis does not use the name "master" for its main branch. This was changed years ago to "unstable".

As a bona fide lunatic, I find this offensive and is that a pink flying elephant?