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).
@tripu I would think that ‘because members of that group have said so’ is a perfectly valid reason.
(It's curious how you deleted one very important word when quoting my post.)
If anything should be considered “disrespectful or offensive” to some group of people as long as “some members of that group have said so”, then we're screwed.
Be prepared then to readily admit that a word you use or an idea you espouse is disrespectful or offensive any time some members of a group say so, and (since I presume you don't want to disrespect or offend people) to stop using that word or discard that idea. I wish you luck.
@tripu Curious? Naaah. I just missed it out mate. Put the word back in place if you like and I’ll still stand by it.