Modern day language
Every time I go out with people who refer to themselves as 'woke' (I still don't really understand what that means), I manage to say the wrong thing. I said that a baby was beautiful. Wrong thing to say, I objectified the baby. I am afraid to say anything. My brain just cannot seem to absorb the modern language, even if, intellectually, I do understand that a term such as lazy Susan is, at its root, unkind. Am I the only one struggling with this new modern day language?  |
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Mady wrote: Am I the only one struggling with this new modern day language? Nope. I'd tell them they just insulted ME, a real person sitting next to them.  I refuse to be bullied into respectfulness.Some person on this forum with whom I was friends on FB started arguing with me about stuff. I refered to them by their name on the forum. Hoho! I was now evil incarnate! I had deadnamed them. I had no clue what "deadnaming" was. Apparently their fantasy name was not a fantasy name, but their actual new name as they identified as Bambi or a unicorn, or something, and their old name is now an insult. Which, by the way, they never changed here. I'm not trying to be insensitive, I don't recall the actual details. But the scenario was quite essentially as I laid it out. I banned them, too. I have no time anymore for people who try to make me feel bad for not knowing or understanding their particular brand of self righteousness. |
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