Dnia 2024-02-25, o godz. 07:29:32 <to...@tuxteam.de> napisał(a): > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 06:05:26PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > May I interject a different perspective? > > what brings greater freedom, asking that words be changed by many, > > that some see, no matter how justified from their view as harmful? > > Or teaching those people how to free themselves from being > > controlled by those words? > > Not using the words doesn't remove the injustice. I'm not that naïve. > It's just a question of politeness. > > As an example: I left the Christian religion long time ago. If I > visit a church (to admire its architecture, for example), I behave > with a modicum of respect and restrain myself of farting aloud. If I > visit a mosque (I'm not a Muslim) I take off my shoes.
Great point! I do that too, nor would I flaunt my (non)-religious beliefs to religious people without being asked. Now did you know that by you not being a Muslim your entire existence offends that religion ? So, will you remove or convert yourself, or will you deem that demand to be unreasonable ? I'm gonna assume the latter. So would you acquiesce that shunning certain words (nigger,faggot etc.) that are used 99% as an insults is reasonable, while leaving ones that have multiple uses (master, slave, git, gimp) and not being used in modern speech as insults untouched is a reasonable approach ? -- Mariusz Gronczewski (XANi) <xani...@gmail.com> GnuPG: 0xEA8ACE64 https://devrandom.eu
