@no168_92
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You don’t get to decide if something is offensive to people.
I was just listening to a podcast that did an episode about the Holocaust. They talked about how absurd and offensive it is when people say that we should forgive the Nazis for murdering six million of us.
No one gets to decide what’s offensive to someone else.
If you get corrected say “oh, sorry” and move on.
The onus is on the one making the mistake to make the first move, which is a brief apology. The second move is to not do it again. The third is to reinforce it with other people to not offend. There is no fourth move.
And here’s a big thing most people miss: they don’t have to forgive you. If you do the little apology they’re still allowed to stay mad, and you still have a responsibility to do the rest.
The standard use of a word is a certain context can still hurt some people. In some areas “Jewing” is still used casually to refer to cheating or haggling for a lower price. The fact that no offence is intended doesn’t mean I shouldn’t get pissed off.
In summary: if people say something is offensive and shouldn’t be done, don’t do it.
Wall of text because you doubled down.