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Why are people so intense about some generic instructions in documentation, to the point where they start dogpiling? It doesn't help the cause at all nor won't it convince anybody.
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For me, it's the response that's yikes, not them initially putting that language in. Initially putting the language in could just be thoughtless, but when they make the intentional choice to keep it in and use that justification, it shows where they stand. And it's a very yikes stance.
I think it's not the same person.
The one who made that response is the lead dev of SerenityOS and presumably Ladybird as well, since he's the one who announced it.
Even if he didn't put that language in, he made the call that that language being in there was not political, but fixing it to be gender-neutral would be political.
Sure, the response isn't worded well, but the response to the response is even worse. You would expect people to have time to write out a thoughtful response and be better, especially on a platform where they reveal their full names and places of work.
It feels like twitter infected people's ability to act like human beings.
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