swampdog

Perfomative wokeness

When you decide to name an entire group of people something of your choosing, without their consent or input, you are being fucking racist. We are not Latine. The performative wokeness is disgusting.

Mena Suvari, last I heard, was big shit on the poker circuit. Off the top of my head, I could tell you where a lot of these people are now. Buzzfeed - too lazy for a simple Google search.

If you repeatedly ask not to be called something, but people continue to call you that, then they are not respecting you or your culture. They are being paternalistic and racist, whatever their intentions.

No, it's not inclusive. It's a bullshit, performative act. We already have gender neutral terms that are inclusive.

We are not Latine. Stop it already.

Exactly, Dinkaw. No one asked for this. No one needed it. It really is performative garbage. There was nothing lacking in our language that merited this change/adaptation. The nerve of anyone to foist this upon us as though our language and identity is a plaything. This isn't about… Read More

Dinkaw, I really hope that this doesn't become a thing. The O doesn't make anything invisible. It includes everyone and it always has. Seems terribly ignorant, especially given that it's not a real word. Why would anyone allow someone else to call them this? It's horrible and the… Read More

Screw this guy and anyone that thinks they are privy to that sort of access and information just because they are sleeping with you.

I don't even care where it comes from. It's not proper Spanish, and it's not something we asked for, because the gender neutral term already exists. It was never necessary. Just because someone thinks that they are being somehow progressive by making shit up doesn't mean that they… Read More