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[felar]

I found myself using the term "Irish Twins" to define some family members of mine (who use the terms for themselves) and the person I was talking to said that I shouldn't use such offensive language. I was so in shock, by that statement that I didn’t respond. I didn’t know how to wrap my head around how alien that sentiment was to me. But I

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[luxurias_slave]

I agree, I also need to comment that I find that words differ a bit depending on where you are. IE: it seems in new york a person can get away with the word "fag" or "gook" for example whereas if a person used either of those words in vancouver they'd either be thrown into the deep end of the inlet by an angry mob or be arrested by local police.

agreement?

[wyrd_sane]

Helloo.

Your post is very thoughtful and massively detailed. In fact it's *so* detailed I must admit I haven't read through the core of every paragraph.

Even so, from what all that I have read of it, I'm pretty sure I agree with *you* on this.

I'm not sure if my (long ago) previous stance on the danger of labeling has changed. ... I think I still don't like for people to throw around labels for other people too flippantly or without due consideration, but I never had a problem with referring to someone in a certain way when they themselves self-identify that way. Also, I recognize that when you're attempting to communicate *a lot* of information in a short span, quick sound-bite-ish labels can be a necessity.

And also, I'd never heard the term "Irish Twins" before so it wouldn't have occurred to me to think it derogatory.

Be well. :-)

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[anonymous]

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