I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

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    11 months ago

    Not hung up on anything, but I do acknowledge it’s a losing cause. To try and explain to socially inept people why certain terminology is frowned upon in certain settings, is like talking to a brick wall. As far as callous and bigoted, yup, sure am.

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            11 months ago

            I know, because being human is so terrible. It would be so much easier to allow people to ridicule me for my beliefs. 🙄

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                11 months ago

                I’m sure you believe that, because anyone who doesn’t fit a certain mold should be ridiculed. F**k off with that logic.

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                  11 months ago

                  If they mold they refuse to fit is “being a decent human being” then yeah, they should be ridiculed.

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                    11 months ago

                    But see, that’s the thing. Who are you, or anyone else for that matter, to tell me or anyone else what being a decent human being is?

                    If I say I don’t like trans people, that doesn’t make me a bad person, that makes me a person with their own, valid opinion. Or If I say I don’t give a damn what happens to them, that’s not being callous, that’s me, not giving a f**k about people I’ll never meet. I’m sorry but virtue signaling isn’t my thing.