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Comment by TrappedInCorner | Hacker News Reader

Yet again the whining twitter-people get another win.

From a third-world perspective, it feels like American politics being injected into the developer domain because of some previous biases that Americans had. Which is sad for a community that claims to be global.

Lots of Americans don't support this either. Of course, that doesn't actually matter to the people who have pushed this change through. They think that it's a righteous change, so it doesn't matter whom it annoys.

Lots of non Americans support the change too. Master was a terrible default name, switching it to a better name that’s also more inclusive language was a good idea. Where American politics infected things was the the reactionary response of people who are vehemently opposed to any attempt to fix problems that don’t directly effect them.

This whole 'master branch' outrage doesn't even make sense. Should saying things like: "I've mastered computer programming." also be an offense?

We absolutely should deny and disregard these nonsensical demands _by principle_. What was even the actual case made by people who wanted this? And don't tell me "well it's not a big deal, just accept it don't whine about something so small", because that won't fly, or shouldn't at least.

This is whining. Name it what you want.

Adulthood is about realizing people who 'just want to do real work' will always be fucked over by people who vocalize their needs and organize like-minded ones, justified or not.

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