[Callers] That g word

[Lindsay Morris via Callers]

I'm about to leave this list because I'm so appalled at the amount of time
spent on this discussion. So many smart, good people: surely we all have
something better to do?


On Friday, January 22, 2016, via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
wrote:

> Honestly, it will be next December when I sing Christmas carols again :-)
>
> > On Jan 22, 2016, at 12:34, Aahz Maruch via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016, via Callers wrote:
> >>
> >> I disagree. If it is fair to condemn a word despite widespread
> >> ignorance of its racist etymology (such as the very real problem
> >> with the verb "gyp"), then the inverse must be true: it is fair to
> >> exonerate a word despite widespread ignorance of its non-racist
> >> etymology (e.g., niggardly). That a word falsely gets attributed to
> >> a category in which it doesn't belong is irrelevant. If two separate
> >> meanings/derivations converge to an identically spelled modern word,
> >> I don't believe the innocent word (when used in its original context)
> >> deserves to be written off. Let us truly abide by what you claim to
> >> support: its current use *is* relevant.
> >
> > Let me know the next time you use "gay" to mean something roughly similar
> > to "happy" or "joyful", but for which there is no direct substitute.
> > Despite my support for queer rights (given that two of my partners are
> > bisexual, among other reasons), that's the one real loss I still feel.
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