Many good points and I agree with all of them except for the last: it's probably not just a US problem although it's the most visible at the moment.

Ironically to me, these efforts are to be more inclusive but I can't see any of that. I can see that the purpose is to evoke these discussions, and in that sense the effort to change the language is not pointless: by having these changes adopted the movement can point at successes to show it was taken seriously at least once.

We are at the opposite pendulum swing now.