So you probably already know this, but. There is stupidity afoot on the internets, and
witchqueen's post
right here will tell you about it. And some of the comments to her post, and in various other places, will... also be quite telling.
I can't get past *flail* on this one, so for further commentary I'm handing you over to
liviapenn's
link post,
seperis'
link post, and
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*head explodes more*
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Is my reading comphrenension shot or did witchqueen not actually wait several days after emailing folks about this before posting on lj? (And I don't recall the email she put in her post reading as unsensible.)
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I admit that I was nodding along with witchqueen's post until I got to the problem word and went *blink* *That's* what prompted this? And it's LESS offensive to use a porn term? English isn't my first language, FWIW, but if I had only received that one initial message I don't think I'd have fully understood the situation.
Now I'm wondering if miscegenation is considered offensive in my country too and I haven't ever realized it or if it has a different history here.
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It's not entirely correct, but the gist does have emotional truth.
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