A legit seeming concern is that anything can be political in the eyes of the lead dev. Is support for screen readers part of a political agenda?
In an effort to avoid drama, drama was invited. This doesn’t seem likely to be a welcoming place for some that would otherwise contribute.
I found the PR:
> To prevent this, remove `anon` from the `wheel` group and they will no longer be able to run `/bin/su`.
That's a terrible change, since "they" is plural and seems to refer to the group. It's a low quality PR.
“I have absolutely nothing against gender neutral language. I am however against outsiders doing drive-by PRs with ideological motivations. If a regular contributor hade made these edits, I wouldn’t have thought anything of it. Could I have communicated this better in 2021? You bet.”
This is the ultimate response. Huge respect to the lead dev.
And this is very political. "They" is plural, it's usage in singular form is fringe, only very recent and originates from within political activism. For the majority of English speakers this is incorrect, and will remain incorrect as the belief system associated with it's usage is fundementally wrong and incompatible with their world view.