Of course I don't mean to let people make inbred children. But children can not choose to be inbred or not. Seems like it is bad to insult on things they can not choose.
Of course I don't mean to let people make inbred children. But children can not choose to be inbred or not. Seems like it is bad to insult on things they can not choose.
the question is not "does this line of insult unintentionally promote oppressive ways of thinking about a minority or marginalized category of people?" but rather "is language a battlefield with any strategic value, and is anything to be gained by policing ourselves and others so that we can be sure that everything we express is utterly pure, free of offense, harm, or insult to anyone, except those who deserve it, who are somehow never present in the room?"
Yes, actually, much is to be gained by making the attempt at that.