[drngxn]

> What's powerful about this name change is that it pushes us to alter a habit, in my case one embedded deeply in my fingers, something that I do every day without realizing that I'm doing it

This is the entire point, this sentence right here.

[aksss]

The sentence right there is what a lot of people find inane and absurd, though, too. It’s often less a case of people not “getting” what the nominal intention is; it’s that people do get the nominal intention and think it’s an idiotic waste of time that’s being done to satisfy a pretty ignorant and narrow-minded view of language and history. It also has no limiting principle to what gets targeted except the energy of ninnies. It’s worth considering now where your line of tolerance is going to be - the point where you think, “okay, this has become too ridiculous, even for me”. Is it when I suggest removing “chain” from blockchain because it evokes slavery? Point being that many people see this issue with GitHub as having crossed the line of absurdity already.

[medium_burrito]

Folks, we have the unsung hero of the thread right here. Remove the chain from blockchain!

[wtetzner]

But why is it important to change that habit, if it has no beneficial impact?

[josteink]

To the avid anti-racist, the racism being there is a dogmatic fact.

You cannot argue using reason that there is no racism to fight, because he has decided that there is, there must be.

So to the anti-racist whatever action they do is perceived meaningful, even when completely absurd.

It’s clearly a new kind of piety, a new kind if religion.

[Dylan16807]

But you could do that by changing any word. Renaming 'rebase' would be equally effective.

So if that's the point, then it shows that we shouldn't be doing this.

[nicky0]

Because every time I have to stop to write main instead of master, I become less racist?