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by Arainach 1198 days ago
This is the way language and respectful culture evolve. Something can both be an improvement over previous terms and imperfect and thus replaced by something more preferable later.
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slingnow 1198 days ago
What made the first term imperfect? Who decided what was preferable later?
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cedilla 1198 days ago
No one and everyone. Language changes as our world and societies change.
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DangitBobby 1196 days ago
IDK documents such as TFA kind of make it seem like it's not exactly "everyone" making these decisions for us.
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