[vezzy-fnord]

   [*] arrogantly dismissed gender neutrality as "trivial"
   (#1015)
   [*] actively taken steps to revert positive gender
   neutrality change
   [*] chided @isaacs unnecessarily
   [] removed women entirely from the industry

Ostensibly, reverting a pointless commit is one step away from removing women entirely from the tech industry.

Most shocking to me is how some people in the previous commit discussion genuinely believe that modifying two pronouns in code comments will somehow be a crucial step towards gender equality.

[V-2]

Because it's magical thinking at its best...

Personally I would have used "them" from the beginning (or the equivalent in my native language), but correcting someone like this is condescending and it would irritate me too.

This atmosphere of hysteria - ooh, ooh, he's just about to remove women from the industry - reminds me of religious fundamentalists who also want to shove their worldview down everybody's throat and never fail to inform you how the apocalypse is approaching, how we're doomed to eternity because someone wore a mini-skirt etc. etc.

[hakunin]

Except there is a difference in that the really awful scenario is already here, and little by little, with big and small efforts, some communities are trying to climb out of it. How is spreading fear of upcoming doom in any way similar to trying to fix the existing, real problem?