They didn't make any indication that it's good to use the word, but rather that self-censoring to mitigate the knee-jerk reaction of ignorant people is not good

They didn't make any indication that it's good to use the word, but rather that self-censoring to mitigate the knee-jerk reaction of ignorant people is not good. > If a word is bothering someone why don't you find out why, instead of explain to them why it shouldn't? It's perfectly fine to explain why a word is not malicious because the person who initially misunderstood then acquires that knowledge and can then make the distinction. To go with the alternative promotes a pattern of behavior where, eventually, many words end up being forbidden from use all due to ignorance. Just because two words sound kind of similar, or are even homophones[1], doesn't make them synonymous. This should be common knowledge. 1: Even the word "homophone" is a prime example, as it was used by someone on the Ellen show which led to the host getting upset because she mistook it to mean something completely different.