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Or master copy, or master tradesman. All this "inclusive terminology" is really the puritanism of the 21st century.

I don't think anyone is proposing that the verb "to master" or noun "master" (original, or expert) is problematic.

It's only when used in the separate sense specifically opposite "slave".

There's no need to caricature or misrepresent the POV that you obviously disagree with here.

> I don't think anyone is proposing that the verb "to master" or noun "master" (original, or expert) is problematic.

you clearly missed https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1271253144442253312

You know... as soon as I wrote "I don't think anyone" I thought to myself... well surely some single individual somewhere probably actually has... and someone will find it for me.

So thanks. ;)

It is. Plenty of people are renaming the "master" branch in git to something else even though it has no relation to master/slave

Yeah - that's exactly like "master recording".

Countering slavery is hard. Let's go renaming!

Better not use a debit card with an 'oppressive' Mastercard logo on it. /s

Which means Monzo, Apple, Starling, N26 and Revolut are all 'complicit' with working with Mastercard to continue to oppress the offended. Time for a rename. /s

And what do we do with Master of Puppets?