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There's no problem with the name other than with people looking for cultural issues that don't exist to bang on about and fill their "do good" bank.
There can be some absolutely dreadful, politically incorrect names, but I don't think any of GIMP's significant problems came from it's namesake.
Gimp is a term used to mock people that can't walk. It's not a medical term, it's strictly a pejorative like the n-word.
Gimp is also a term for someone who gets pegged up the ass while wearing a rubber suit.
Not a good brand.
This is just a ginned-up non-controversy that should have stayed in 2019.
I've heard Gnome used as an insult far more than Gimp.
However it's great that they're making gradual progress. I've used Gimp for years.
If "gimp" is an ableist slur, is "lisp" an ableis slur, too? And does that Unix manual-viewing command seem to assume masculine superiority? While at it, that Unik signal-sending command would definitely be banned in Boston for indiscriminate cruelty.
I mean, come on. Humans are able to differentiate between meanings of a word, and even possess a sense of humor, to a degree.
That said, I'm totally not a fan of naming projects in a playfully stupid, disgusting, or, worse, obscene way. Sadly, people get their kicks out of that more often than I would like. But I think that the hooliganish joy of doing so critically depends on the rest of us reacting to such a name in an inflamed way, like above. There's something to be said about feeding trolls as a self-defeating behavior.
I would rather celebrate the major release.
I don't think Eunuchs have ever been considered superiorly masculine.
Better call Google, Yahoo, Mozilla ... and let them know. A lack of humor and humility is destroying SV, the country, and the world.