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'Woke' is a very loaded word. A heads up that if you use it in the way you just did, people will assume certain things about you. Unless you don't care, in which case continue so that everyone knows what assumption they should make.
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> reality ... experience ... obviously true ... silly And you seriously believe this condescending way of talking down to people is great? Your choice, your opinion. Maybe reality will catch up, maybe you will catch up with reality, time will tell.
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No, No, and No. Simply because I dont agree with language police, as a principle.
You can call things 'language police' all you want, but assumptions are based on reality and experience, and pushing back when they are obviously true is silly.
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'Woke' is a very loaded word. A heads up that if you use it in the way you just did, people will assume certain things about you. Unless you don't care, in which case continue so that everyone knows what assumption they should make.
I mean to avoid using it, the parent could have rephrased it as an "I don't want to offend anyone". That's not "woke", that's decency.
I like your intention, but that is impossible.
TL;DR Lead is bad for you; shoppers don't like turmeric that isn't yellow; processors dust off-colour turmeric with lead chromate to make it look yellow.
I wonder if this turmeric spread and was sold in the West. My mother recently started taking "golden turmeric" and insists that it's a cure for a lot of ills. Maybe that's true I don't know, she sent me some articles a couple years ago. It was clear that she was influenced by Facebook groups. Hopefully the turmeric she takes is safe :(
Please inform this to her.
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> If you do intend to be respectful, then you will know if using it is offensive or not in your given context. It's very easy to intend to be respectful but misread the context. Also, there are words that are so taboo they are not ok in any context. I find it particularly hard to navigate the English taboos from a non native perspective. I believe the person asking wants to know how the word is seen by others, which…
I believe the person asking wants to know how the word is seen by others, which is great in my opinion. Unlikely. Their tell is: these “woke” times