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> you shouldn't be offended by them, Why not?

• therealdrag0 6y ago
  I’m left handed. Should I get offended at “sinister” or “gauche”? Isn’t this like a simple lesson from children’s Harry Potter books? Why give words like “Voldemort” so much power. Words are just pointers for communication. the contextual intent isn’t what matters not what you read into it.
  • thereare5lights 6y ago
    Let me know when the police target you for being left handed
    • therealdrag0 6y ago
      And therein lies the distance between this effort and what we care about. There’s real profiling and brutality going on and having word police ain’t gonna change that. Dispute English’s effort to demonize me, no one has even noticed. There’s real concrete nuts and bolts problems with policing, the laws, the justice system. Swapping out a few words is less than spitting on a fire.
      • thereare5lights 6y ago
        Ah yes, I've heard this before. Let's not worry about this because there are much bigger problems to worry about. Never mind that those bigger problems are much harder to solve and these are quite simply and within reach. Lol.