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Couldn't this have been done without taking gay marriage as the first example? Or does IT always need to go hand in hand with unconditional progressism?

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Gay marriage (or "marriage for everyone") is a recent, substantial change to a law that is familiar to many French people. I thought it was a great example despite its somewhat controversial nature.

It also highlights the replacement of certain terms rather well as far as examples go. Seems like the perfect example to me.

A quick look at the author's tweets reveals this is not as innocent as you seem to say it is. Plato once said something along the lines of: "those who mix art with politics must be either unsure of their art or of their political positions, if not both". We had engaged musicians, now we have engaged developers. This is all the same trash to me.

Are you saying the author of a civil code git repository should have chosen a non-political example?

You might be forgetting that the civil code is an entirely political product.

Do we even have another recent law that everybody in France remembers?

And seriously, every single new law is pushing somebody's agenda. The author could've chosen the "animals are human being" change and we'd have another you yelling not being fond of developers pushing their love for animals.

https://i.imgur.com/82QXoAj.jpg

Here's a tip that will massively improve your personal quality of life: Stop getting offended. Don't you have better things to do with your time?

Kinda ironic as it's usually the uber liberals that tend to get grossly offended by perceived social injustices such as gendered pronouns or dongle jokes.

"Getting offended" has little to do with political leanings, and a lot to do with being bored and seeking attention. Man-childness, if you will.

Regardless of your political views, any piece of legislature would offend somebody's sensibilities. That's why the legislature exists in the first place

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