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@Polerius

Sane people are upset that people with too much time on their hands find words whose connotations are stretched beyond an inch of their lives, just to show that the word could be offensive to someone.

I agree. We debated this April 2021 regarding the use of the word “master”. Yes, it does have a specific association with slavery, but a myriads of other uses (“master bedroom”, “master key”, “master’s degree”, “master/apprentice”, “master branch in git”, etc.) that were all advocated to be replaced because of one definition with historical baggage:

Is the term "master bedroom" offensive?

Those of you shopping for a house, or who have done so, what do you think of when you hear “master bedroom”? I think of the main bedroom, one in which, in a modern house, I’d expect an ensuite and a walk-in closet and lots of space. In an older house, it would be at least the most spacious bedroom. Not, however, the impeccably upstanding and rabidly Politically Correct to the Point of Insanity Toronto Real Estate Board. What do they think of when they hear the term? Why of course they think…

Sometimes terms should change to be more accurate – I have no problem with renaming monkeypox – and sometimes people should just grow a thicker skin and stop being offended by everything they see.

(Or as John Cleese put it, “People are deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended”)

Obviously there are racist assholes who deliberately use words to hide behind and claim innocence. They should still be called out for their racism, of course, instead of trying to solve the issue by banning the words themselves.