I’m thinking the same person who took umbrage at “steal” would find “gang” to be somehow calling him/her a criminal and alsp complain. I think it’s batshit, but it’s the kind of thing that happens at this company.
Sometimes true, but the people who complain most about others being too easily offended are usually just saying they don’t want to put in the effort to try to treat people the way they are asking to be treated. Any effort at all is too much effort.
I would politely ask that you not refer to me as a girl, as I do find it demeaning. Now that you know that, could you try, for my sake? And if not, why is that?
And if your first instinct is to point to where you feel people have taken back a word, as in your queer example, rather than want to improve how you are perceived by listening to what people are asking for, I’d ask you to do some self-reflection on why this type of thing bothers you.
Because what this really boils down to is, we aren’t asking you to treat us with some unearned deference, we are asking for you to treat us with decency, and the way that we feel treated that way is for you to listen to us when we tell you what makes us feel demeaned and try to not do that. It doesn’t feel like it’s asking for too much.
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