[Psycho Pirate]

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Originally Posted by ArsGratiaArtis

Not at all, because it's not the binary of no "other" word or accepting offensive terms that you present. You just don't use archaic and offensive terms. I'm an Asian American and proud of my heritage. I've got no problem being called Asian. I will correct you if you call me Oriental. Language is fluid and the connotations of words do change, but the response to that isn't to throw up your hands and say "Well, we've all got to be homogeneous now" it's to adapt to the correct vernacular. You don't "learn to live" with it, you correct and inform others so it doesn't continue and adjust yourself when corrected.

Clearly you do not read what I write. You read what you have trained your brain to see. Conversation over.