I remember having to rename all our branches but when I asked whether the term 'master data' should also be retired there were crickets. No that one's different
Microsoft pulled that branch bullshit to deflect from the flak it got for wanting to keep ICE as a customer from its employees.
Ever since then Ive kind of considered renaming master to main to be a symbol not of one's sensitivity to "problematic language" but of trying to be "woke" while refusing to boycott concentration camps.
The distinction matters because it is the difference between random hypotheticals and real world events. To draw an analogy: should the TSA assume everyone might have a weapon and do a "special" search on every airline passenger, or wait until there is evidence that someone has a weapon (such as using an x-ray) and then escalate?
I'm sure you could potentially find someone to be offended by even the most tame Dad joke, but that doesn't mean you should stop telling Dad jokes.
First an appeal to authority. And then Godwin himself with a salience bias - since the socials have a tendency to present only the extreme voices, it's not a good place to sample, no matter what statistical framework you use.
But since the word itself is controversial (including what it means) it makes perfect sense never to use it, as Ackman for example successfully did in his spiel, only referring to DEI by name.
He posted that on X, the ex-Twitter, where that kind of behavior is entirely appropriate (for better or worse). You posted it here, where that behavior is not appropriate. If you really want to engage in childish snark, there are lots of sites that welcome it.
