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Help[Opinions] Re: “Cultural appropriation”
in reply to a message by summitseeker
"If you push THIS button, absolutely nobody gets electrocuted and everybody goes about their day like normal. If you push THIS button, most people will be fine, but a percentage of the population will be electrocuted. It will take exactly the same amount of effort to push each button. Okay, now choose."
This is how I feel about "cultural appropriation". Why on Earth would anybody choose that route? There are so many names out there that offend nobody. Nobody at all! I feel the same way about the "Merry Christmas" argument. You have options that take literally zero extra effort, mean the same thing, and don't hurt anybody's feelings.
That being said, we don't know the person in the original story. She or her husband may have ties to Zimbabwe that we don't know about.
This is how I feel about "cultural appropriation". Why on Earth would anybody choose that route? There are so many names out there that offend nobody. Nobody at all! I feel the same way about the "Merry Christmas" argument. You have options that take literally zero extra effort, mean the same thing, and don't hurt anybody's feelings.
That being said, we don't know the person in the original story. She or her husband may have ties to Zimbabwe that we don't know about.
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That makes sense. I didn’t think about it that way.
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