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[โ€“] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's nothing new for a society to change their language over time to make it more palettable to a larger group of people. For example, it is no longer considered acceptable to use the r-slur or the f-slur (not "fuck", but the other one), whereas 10-20 years ago, it was considered normal to use those words.