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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DarkMantle" data-source="post: 8530882" data-attributes="member: 7034738">I think it's a good thing to state one's 'bigger picture'. Because that's where it's all really coming from for somebody. I think that's a step forward.And it seems clear to me that a major 'big picture' for a lot of people, across a variety of problem words, has been: who has the final say regarding acceptable use of our shared language? Those questions are not going away, it's going to continue to divide the D&D community for the foreseeable future, just as it's been contentious in other circles.With the articles I've Googled so far on this topic (regarding why/how a word has recently become problematic), the author's tone has sounded very empathic to me. I assume the authors of those articles are an authority on sociology matters (and know what works/doesn't work)So maybe the truth is one of:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">my assumptions above are totally wrong</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OR I've encountered a sampling bias when googling articles</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OR the soft approach is the most pragmatic/results-oriented approach when discussing shared language</li> </ul></blockquote>