I have no problem at all believeing that MrDibble personally finds that term objectionable. But most dudes here do not. The problem then becomes- who gets to decide what is offensive? There is no racial term which is not offensive to some. Look at the terms “Jap” and “White trash”. Both are mildly offensive perjoritives. However, on this board- Staff has stepped in to say that “Jap” is offensive and in another thread- that “white trash” is not (well they actually said I shouldn’t offended by it). So- “Jap” is bad, “White Trash” is OK? (I think tht the call by the Mod on “Jap” went too far, myself, as it opened up a huge can 'o worms).
Or take “African American”- some dudes find that offensive while others find “black” offensive. Many detest “Negro”.
“Niggerhater” is of course a Troll, but “NiggerJim” could be a big fan of Twain or a black dude named James whose friends call him that (we do all know that many black dudes call each other “Nigger”, right?). Or a troll. Who knows?
Some dudes find “white” offensive, others don’t care for “Anglo”.
“Brit” isn’t considered by most to be a perjoritive at all, but one Irish poster stepped in to say that when he and his friends use it, it most certainly is.
“Yank” is OK for most Americans- except to those South of the MD line.
And although I accept lorene’s expertise that many if not most prefer her term, certainly there is no term that would make all happy, as Priceguy pointed out. I have one friend that insists upon “Hearing Impaired”, while another hate hate HATEs that term and wants only “Deaf”. Her sigg language gets very “loud” when she signs that.
Look right here- some could object to: CairoCarol, crowmanyclouds, Caridwen and others. There is no end to it.
And so forth.