Why does any 'progressive' insist on using demeaning terms? [View All]

I started life where it was common to call african-americans colored and somentimes negro. Luckily, noone in my life used the worse term. Latinos/as were called a variety of names none of which I feel comfortable repeating.

I went to an 'integrated' school where language mattered. Sometimes intellectually but often if you did not want to start a fight then you learned to speak to folks with respect. It was the same time that feminists spoke out about referring to him instead of him or her...he or she, etc. Many folks think it doesn't matter but it does. As a small child, I thought women couldn't be doctors, principals, or politicians because the language always used he. Back to my main point, I learned to adjust my language to show respect to my friends. It was negro, then black, then African-American. It was mexican, hispanic, latino then latino/a. I just tried to get along. If I heard that words I used insulted a friend, then I just removed them from my vocabularly. I didn't have a concept of pc, just respect.

This is why I'm shocked at progressives arguing their right to call anyone what they want. Of course you have that right, but why do you want it. It's a matter of respect. If you offend someone, then why not show your respect with more appropriate language?