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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by himinlomax on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:12AM (#26488358)
Note how master is not even the main term used to describe people who had slaves. The term typically used is owner, as in "so and so was a slaveowner."

A Marxist would chuckle at the notion that Microsoft would be removing the word "owner" for being offensive.

Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by foobar33333 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:02AM (#26488854)
Both gitlab and github make heavy use of the term owner and ownership. Someone should let them know they have more renaming to do.
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by globular-toast on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:57AM (#26489255)
The word "master" when applied to slavery is itself a euphemism for owner, which is the truly abhorrent type of interpersonal relationship.