yup, struggle session time

edit: no one is right, everyone is wrong :^)

edit 2: this post is actually dedicated to Amy Goodman, please stop trying to sound cool grandma

  • eduardog3000 [he/him]
    1·
    4 years ago

    Of course. Changing a language is perfectly fine and is always happening. 'Latinos' shouldn't be gender neutral, but right now, it is to a vast majority of speakers. To change that you would need a majority of speakers to stop using it that way, then their children will have never used it that way. Like how 'gay' doesn't mean 'happy' anymore.

    But asking Spanish speakers to change a word to something unpronounceable in Spanish isn't the way to go about it.

    • ComradeAndy [he/him]
      3·
      4 years ago

      But latinxs isnt unpronounceable? Like the fact that there is an X there doesnt mean you should actually pronounce it.

      Thats why in spanish latinxs is usually pronounced latines.

      • eduardog3000 [he/him]
        1·
        4 years ago

        Just fuckin spell it latines then. Someone who doesn't know the word isn't gonna know how it's pronounced. You can't just throw x everywhere.