• PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
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    7 hours ago

    Yeah, agreed. I mean… I’m fine with no longer using the R-word to refer to people who are being stupid. I think it’s silly, but I also am not trying to offend anyone unnecessarily. I don’t want to be the grandpa who says “colored” and can’t understand why everyone tells me I’m not allowed to say that. I’m just pointing out that the cycle of words being okay and then slowly turning into bad words you can’t say anymore, maybe implies that it’s not worth the huge amount of emphasis we put on making sure we’re using the right words and not the wrong words, sometimes.