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Originally Posted by Trumbull
I'm glad you pointed this out, because if it isn't interpreted at large by the part of society that uses that version of English as racist, and it's clear as day by their intent (which it is very clear this is not of racist intent, and that word isn't even used by people there toward natives [whether it be anymore or ever]), that should speak for itself, but I do note that despite non-racist intent that didn't stop you from saying anyways the mindset "needs to change". Only in a PC world of too much zeal in controlling other people would someone not being racist still necessitate social engineering toward that herd's logic. And you wonder why people resist?
I would never support that team keeping it's name if it was clearly racist (as in, the name was prevalent and often used against in a racist fashion against natives) in practice, rather than theory. But it isn't.. this is much ado about nothing.
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Here's a note: When shouting in anger/pain ask yourself, "can the word I'm about to use be interpreted as and/or has a historical context of subjectation of an entire group of people? Would this word exist if it was not originally conceived with hate and/or misunderstanding."
If to the answer to that is yes, don't use the word. And if you do use it, don't be surprised when people get upset about it.
Otherwise I guess we just get to wait for people like you with outdated and backwards thinking to just die out.
A whole group of people grew up with Pluto as a planet. It's not classified as such anymore. Some people still refer to Pluto as a planet. They are wrong. It's not up to interpretation by anyone.