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Calling the master branch 'master' "incites emotional distress"? (from the comments on github)

Speechless.

Agreed. One of the comments points out that the term master is also used in reference to painters. In that context, it isn't a master/slave metaphor, but one of being definitive.

Likewise a master copy doesn't beget a slave copy.

It is possible that people are becoming over-sensitive to specific words to the point they forget about meaning and intent.