[macinjosh]

Personal attacks are for the small minded.

Developers have enough to worry about without worrying about being crucified for using a word like she or he. Why can't we focus on getting shit done instead of focusing on the minutiae of which pronouns we use.

Maybe we should stop immigrant minorities from speaking Spanish which is an extremely gendered language.

In any case, what problem does this really solve? If we enforce the use of non-gendered terms will sexism/genderism magically be reduced? If it were only that easy!

[vertex-four]

A suggestion for contributors to make a habit of using non-gendered terms is one of many ways that software project communities can signal that they pay attention to diversity issues, and attract developers who might be nervous about investing themselves in a new community (given some of the actual awfulness that happens in some of them).

[Mz]

Personal attacks are for the small minded.

Pot meet kettle.