Jebutler:
Why was it OK three weeks ago but offensive yesterday?
Me:
Because understanding changes and uses of words Change. Sometimes they change faster than at other times. There are lots of words which, Not too long ago, were inoffensive. But now they are.
In general, I agree with your argument.
But not in this case. Three weeks ago, a LBGTQ advocate, writing in an LBGTQ magazine, used the term "sexual preference." Yesterday, a Supreme Court nominee used the same term and it became
cause célèbre. Sorry, language doesn't change *that* quickly.
But you are cute when you try to make ludicrous arguments.
If your personal ideology, your sense of morality or your faith would collapse in a pile of rubble if you could not use the term “sexual preference,” then keep using those words. And then worry a little about the strength of your sense of morality or your faith.
Sorry, this won't work. This became a problem for people on the Democratic side of the aisle. Three weeks ago, a LBGTQ publication used the term "sexual preferences" and it wasn't an issue. Candidate Biden used the "sexual preference" and it wasn't an issue. The question is why now, all of sudden, it is an issue, to the extent that Merriam-Webster saw fit to change the definition of the phrase literally overnight.
It's silliness like this that gave us Donald Trump as president. People simply got tired of rules changing in the middle of the game and made to feel bad for absolutely no reason at all. One of the things they liked about the Donald was that he fought back against it.
It's because of silliness like this, and, frankly, your consistent defense of such silliness, that I have seriously been reconsidering my earlier decision not to vote for a president this year in favor of voting for His Trumpness. I do not like how he acts, but I'm thinking its what certain people deserve. If I do end up voting for him, I will give you full credit for pushing me in that direction.