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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
The logical part of me gets annoyed that language is a bit of an ever changing minefield, the empathetic part of me realises that trying to be careful about what I say is a tiny price to pay to not cause hurt to my fellow humans and utterly insignificant to the issues that minorities face
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Except when you recognize that new terms aren't coined by average members of the group in question, but by academics and activists who gain esteem by being early adapters of language. Once a term becomes mainstream, it no longer signals a cutting edge progressive outlook, and so a new term must be coined by the cultural trend-setters.
It's like fashion, music, gaming, etc. If you're an expert, the last thing you want to be associated with is the conventions of muggles.