The_Somnambulist wrote:
CoGro, that fairly neutral interpretation of the English language you assert has been informed by predominantly white, male crew and talent. Saying that any deviation from that is not the disbelief-suspending and non-earthly nature of Star Wars smacks of treating the way white males speak as unmarked, normative and "neutral." That can lead to seeing other ways of speaking as deviant, othered and as offensive as to even be boldly dismissed as "destructive."
Wrong. The English language has grammar rules. It doesn't discriminate based on race or gender. It just is. Dialects that deviate from those rules are not necessarily racially-driven. I don't give a shit about race or accents, my point is about being distracted by dialects that too easily trigger a reference to Earth's culture.
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PC police. Holier than though soapbox. I'm just trying (and it's not easy) to be more sensitive, reflect non-racist attitudes and, quite frankly, be more contemporary. Not only anonymously on here but in real life too. The world needs that right now. Give it up a little and "just let it in." You'll probably be less bitter.
Thanks for being such a freedom fighter.
You're the type of asshole that paints people in broad strokes. Every time someone criticizes a distinctive feature of a social group, minority group or another race, they must be racist. Or maybe I just don't want everyday oversaturated cultural references in my space fantasy.
I'm offended by you, and people like you. And I'm done with this discussion.
Don't make this a race issue because you want to play PC police. And don't be a fucking idiot and intentionally ignore the point I was making so you could perch yourself on a holier than though soapbox.
