A thread here talking about “ahh” had an evil twin version appear on . Over here, just about all the criticism was against the idea of self-censorship and hating it based on that idea. Over on the other side, I saw a bunch of people hating it for that sure, but a bunch was also talking about how, “uneducated” it makes you sound and how it’s similar to things like the “aks” pronunciation of ask, the phrase “gyat damn” or “finna”. The whole time I’m reading that wondering if they’re that unaware of where the association comes from or if they’re just dog-whistling. Unlike their sweet dems, they seem almost unaware of how their behavior is akin to the smiling Fox. (Hint as to the common denominator between these terms: they’re staples of AAVE).

Usually, I’m not too sensitive to microaggressions, having grown up on the internet, but sometimes I’d rather them just call me the slur and get it over with .

I do want to express thanks to folks here for somehow avoiding that, I think I read every comment in the thread here and didn’t see it once.

I have more thoughts such as how it seems to interplay with respectability politics etc. but I would probably want to make this more coherent first and I’m typing this during my break at work. Mostly needed to vent. The real lesson is I need to avoid