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Hmm. I have several times described myself as a "keyboard bigot". That is, I have very strong opinions about what is and is not a good keyboard, and a very st
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
Hmm. I have several times described myself as a "keyboard bigot". That is, I have very strong opinions about what is and is not a good keyboard, and a very strong dislike of bad ones.
I'm questioning whether I should say that now, based on your comment. Could you explain a bit more about what you mean by "intentionally hurtful"? Specifically, intentionally hurtful of whom?
- Waterluvian 3y agoI’m afraid to because I mean specifically in my context and I don’t want to inadvertently police how you communicate. You may not live where I do and the word can hold a different connotation as demonstrated by the original commenter pointing out that bigot was not originally about racism.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoWell, did you mean that a bigot is someone who is intentionally hurtful? Or did you mean that calling someone a bigot is intentionally hurtful? If you meant the second, then I'm condemning myself for being too opinionated, which is probably something I can get away with...
- Waterluvian 3y agoI mean that in my neck of the woods, when people say someone is bigoted or is a bigot, it isn’t always about racism, but it’s almost always aggressive. If I said “oh he’s a keyboard bigot” in this context, I would be attempting to be insulting and harmful towards you. If you said “oh I’m just a keyboard bigot” it comes off as lighter but my context has me tilting my head in curiosity. It wouldn’t have been a word I’d expect someone to call themselves. I’d sooner expect “keyboardphile” “keyboard zealot” “keyboard maniac” Again, language is weirdly varied like that. I’m not suggesting any of this is some universal rule.