Ultimately, I see how folks could be bothered by it so I don't use it. However, I've been working on a bloomer sincerepost for here and in theory it hinges on the term "the good guys" and relies on the specific idiomatic use of that term in English. The "good guys" being the heroes of the story who have the correct intentions and motivations (long story short, us commies are "the good guys" and we should be proud of that). However, I consider it a gendered term so I don't want to use it. I've thought of saying "the good people" but that has waaay more religious culty vibes so I don't want to use that either. So I've just kinda sat on the idea. Linguistic suggestions welcome.