#you're just contributing to language change which is a much more neutral process

[protoindoeuropean]

sometimes when people argue for language change it's just like, who's gonna win:

a mythical reference that has been continuously used for more than two millenia in both high art and common language (and in many languages at that)

getting people to stop saying 'narcissist'

#like not even taking a position one way or the other its like #hoo boy have you chosen a target #another level to this is 'trying to change the human tendency to describe others in caricaturizing ways through prohibiting the use of #certain words' #but let's leave that aside #j #lang #also to be clear im quite neutral to these efforts #like obv sometimes this kind of language change can be successful (they as a sg pronoun is one such (quite rare) example) #but with derogatory terms this is just another link in the long euphemism chain #(like with stupid 'stunned' idiot 'private' cretin 'christian' retard 'slow' etc.) #like obviously i get not wanting to have derogatory terms associated with yourself #but it would also be good to realize that with changing words you're not contributing much to the changing of atritudes #or at least you're contributing less than you might think #you're just contributing to language change which is a much more neutral process