[zzzkkk]

> Does there become a point where the inclusive language rules starts to exclude a group of people who feel it's too much?

If it does, is that perhaps okay? Would this not just be a pendulum swing in the opposite direction from the current group of folks who feel excluded by dominant language? Might that discomfort switching hands, so to speak, be an interesting or useful exercise?

[bavell]

Are you asking if excluding people is okay if it's the right group of people?

[wizhi]

You'd think, that someone who has suffered would not wish for others to suffer.

[exfascist]

If empathy isn't your thing then consider the secondary consequences of this. Many of those people the "pendulum" is swinging away from already feel pretty excluded by society and have little reason to participate. It's driving a mass movement, it's likely what got Trump elected, and it's likely to swing the pendulum back very hard in the direction you don't want it to go.

You need to make sure you're not pushing people too hard.

[zzzkkk]

Empathy is pretty important to me and as I understand it's the primary motivation of folks looking to shift communication in public code repositories towards more inclusive language, actually. It's remarkable that asking for that empathy is somehow a bridge too far and the onus to be empathetic and not 'push too hard' is on those looking to make life a bit friendlier towards gender minorities.