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by Number157 1920 days ago
He had a masters degree. We were impressed by her mastery of the subject. They were master archers. The zen master suggested they should meditate.

Etc etc etc...

I realize the word can be used in a negative context but that's the case with any word and in none of the cases is it the word itself that is the problem, but peoples actions.

I don't care if we call master 'main' or whatever. They both work. The discussion around the name change does annoy me. This isn't D-day, it's a name change for the sake of PR.