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nimblermortal · 10 months

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Hey, I have a theoretical question about fandom politics.

There's the thing going around about how we should refer to the concept in question as Omegaverse or A/O/B because the current system is a slur in Australia. Well and good. My question is, why is this a discussion we're having? As opposed to, say, hell meaning bright in German, or nega being a Chinese word for um? Is it because Australia speaks English, and the systems we're operating in are in English?

I don't want to suggest this isn't something we should do, or that this is some sort of PC slippery slope, I'm just not sure where the distinction lies.

#and a little bit wondering whether it's going to be like when we all started tagging food for Ramadan #and the Muslims were like 'cool but. y'all know we have self-control and will not immediately break fast because we saw a picture of waffle #so secondary question - is this a widespread problem for Australians or is it just one person who got popular all of a sudden?#again! this is something so easy that there's no reason not to #and my only dog in the fight is that I'll have to change my blacklist to avoid seeing this content that I don't like #just. wondering.#(I still use my food tag! cause it's useful! thanks PC panic of whatever year that was!)

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