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What's in a name...?
Stolen from mole-spam, and I can't do better than the original subject line:
Lesbians angry at gay women
Basically, people from the island of Lesbos are claiming that use of the word "lesbian" to refer to gay women is a demeaning human rights violation.
Next, are people from India going to sue Native Americans, because they don't want to be associated with scalping and trippy vision quests?
I mean, I feel their pain, but . . . you're not going to transform language with a lawsuit. Words will have the meanings they've evolved to have, even if those grew out of prejudice or dumb mistake. Like "sinister" lefties and "vulgar" commoners.
Lesbians angry at gay women
Basically, people from the island of Lesbos are claiming that use of the word "lesbian" to refer to gay women is a demeaning human rights violation.
Next, are people from India going to sue Native Americans, because they don't want to be associated with scalping and trippy vision quests?
I mean, I feel their pain, but . . . you're not going to transform language with a lawsuit. Words will have the meanings they've evolved to have, even if those grew out of prejudice or dumb mistake. Like "sinister" lefties and "vulgar" commoners.