> If people outside the US don't understand why that's offensive I guess they're bigots. Yeah look at this bigoted Swedish wikipedia article https://sv.wikiped

> If people outside the US don't understand why that's offensive I guess they're bigots. Yeah look at this bigoted Swedish wikipedia article https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bro https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bro > In all seriousness, this has to be the height of meddling for the sake of meddling. For me it is not only meddling. The abbreviation was changed without proper explanation. "I have asked a feminist friend from the North American culture-sphere, and she advised against bro." is devoid of any actual information why it is important to change. I think reasons of "misogynistic" and "offensive" is not enough. Because if we look at the other offensive and unacceptable words I'm aware of I know why they are loaded and how they are perceived badly.