Honest question: how exactly is just using the name of a group of people (marginalised or not), without any epithets or modifiers, disrespectful or offensive? (“because some members of that group have said so” isn’t valid).

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@tripu I would think that ‘because members of that group have said so’ is a perfectly valid reason.

@avarowell @tripu Is it, though?

To take an extreme example, one will sometimes encounter people who are gay/lesbian people who insist "homosexuality is a choice". Do we immediately accept that as the collective opinion of all gay/lesbian people, or do we ask if it's representative of the majority?

@hughster @tripu My dudes, it’s just a brand name. Besides, I recon the only people qualified to debate this ain’t here to do so. It’ll all play out as it will.

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“It’s just a brand name.”

Precisely. Why all the fuss?

“The only people qualified to debate this ain’t here to do so.”

Linguists? Historians? Psychologists? Lawyers?

/cc @hughster

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