I was responding in part to a) your mention of being inefficient with language (I'd argue that it's not about inefficiency, but offensiveness) and b) your mention of "the language mob." And I'd rather not excuse offensive language based on the transience of language - sure, it's imperfect, but there are plenty of appropriate synonyms that aren't based on notions of equality, that's all.
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Date: 2009-05-14 02:48 am (UTC)