Post by Masonjar13 » 03 Nov 2017, 18:45
While this is wildly off-topic from the off-topic topic, it's important to note that what some countries consider offensive is what other countries accept as general terms. It should, in fact, only be racially offensive to those living in prior slave countries. Everyone else doesn't have a definitive reason for it to be offensive, as it was previously an accepted, non-derogatory term. It's still largely used in America as a non-derogatory term in the form of replacing the "er" with "a." It seems to remove the offense from it in most human minds, and in turn changes it to endearment.
Internet culture stems a great deal from American culture, which is why it's typically not accepted on the internet. But people whose country generally doesn't find it offensive or derogatory and simply just a term, and who had grown up using it as an acceptable term, shouldn't immediately be prosecuted by those who
do take offense to it. That's technically, and mutually, cultural insensitivity.
Whether this is applicable to this situation, I'm not declaring. Literary differences between countries is a fascinating topic to me in general.
While this is wildly off-topic from the off-topic topic, it's important to note that what some countries consider offensive is what other countries accept as general terms. It should, in fact, only be racially offensive to those living in prior slave countries. Everyone else doesn't have a definitive reason for it to be offensive, as it was previously an accepted, non-derogatory term. It's still largely used in America as a non-derogatory term in the form of replacing the "er" with "a." It seems to remove the offense from it in most human minds, and in turn changes it to endearment.
Internet culture stems a great deal from American culture, which is why it's typically not accepted on the internet. But people whose country generally doesn't find it offensive or derogatory and simply just a term, and who had grown up using it as an acceptable term, shouldn't immediately be prosecuted by those who [i]do[/i] take offense to it. That's technically, and mutually, cultural insensitivity.
Whether this is applicable to this situation, I'm not declaring. Literary differences between countries is a fascinating topic to me in general. :geek:
