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Arainach
on March 3, 2023
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Banning words won’t make the world more just
This is the way language and respectful culture evolve. Something can both be an improvement over previous terms and imperfect and thus replaced by something more preferable later.
slingnow
on March 3, 2023
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What made the first term imperfect? Who decided what was preferable later?
cedilla
on March 3, 2023
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No one and everyone. Language changes as our world and societies change.
DangitBobby
on March 5, 2023
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IDK documents such as TFA kind of make it seem like it's not exactly "everyone" making these decisions for us.
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