Obfuscated said:
slickrcbd said:
I've just been reading "Help of a Seer" by Aealket and it once again had Harry's side stating they hate the term "muggle" and wanting to come up with something new like "non-magical" or "mundane". What's the big deal about it? I can understand and agree with hating the term "mudblood", but muggle is just the word meaning non-magical.
I realize that it is directly analogous to the terms for people with dark skin colors originally found in Africa. Originally the generic, non-insulting term was "Negro", with "Nigger" being the insulting term. Then they thought "Negro" was too closely assocaited with slavery, so they rechristened the word "Colored" to mean them. Then, after getting rid of segregation, they decided that the word "Colored" was too closely associated with segregation, so they decided to call them "Blacks". Now, for reasons I'm completely baffled by, they've decided that calling them "Black" is offensive, and now should be called "African American", (although what such people who are citizens of Canada, or England, should be called I'm not sure).
I see hating the term "Muggle" as no different from hating the term "Black", although I acknowledge it's probably more like hating the term "Colored".
What's with all the hatred of a simple word?
I realize that it is directly analogous to the terms for people with dark skin colors originally found in Africa. Originally the generic, non-insulting term was "Negro", with "Nigger" being the insulting term. Then they thought "Negro" was too closely assocaited with slavery, so they rechristened the word "Colored" to mean them. Then, after getting rid of segregation, they decided that the word "Colored" was too closely associated with segregation, so they decided to call them "Blacks". Now, for reasons I'm completely baffled by, they've decided that calling them "Black" is offensive, and now should be called "African American", (although what such people who are citizens of Canada, or England, should be called I'm not sure).
I see hating the term "Muggle" as no different from hating the term "Black", although I acknowledge it's probably more like hating the term "Colored".
What's with all the hatred of a simple word?
'Muggle' stands in line with 'tar baby' or 'coon' or certain pronounciations of 'black' & 'colored'.