"Nobody will know what the word means if you change phobia to misia and we'll have to explain what it means every time we use it"
Gee. How hard that must be. When you use a word that other people don't know and have to explain what it means.
I couldn't possibly understand why that would be hard since obviously everyone understands aspec identities and vocabulary. People also intrinsically know what I mean when I say stimming or raptor hands or whatever other autistic community terms. And of course people know what an enby is without me explaining it. And i definitely don't have to go through The FAQ wheb I mention being aroace or give a rundown on gender theory 101 when I call myself an enby and people ask questions and need me to explain concepts they've never heard of.
And everyone is automatically born knowing what every bit of activism jargon means.
And we of course all know every single word at birth and never have to learn new words ever or teach other people things and concepts.
And in activism we should never have to expect to have a short one line explanation for simple concepts to give to people who aren't familiar with them.
Yes, having to explain what a term means is so hard and 100000% a reason to not change away from a term that is doing harm to a group of people. After all that would be [insert your slur of choice that hurts you when people use it as an insult but they claim doesn't actually refer to the marginalized group it is linked to].
(There was heavy sarcasm in here used to highlight how flimsy tbe argument is in the initial statement.)
