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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mostly agree with the exception for the pan and "queer" points. I think both labels can easily be used underhandedly by anyone who doesn't want to explicitly state their sexuality to give themselves a lot of wiggle room with infiltration(the latter more than the former). It's like being "questioning", but dishonest, more permanent and actually appropriating because people will simply assume they are l, g, or b.

Pan is like, "I love all food! Whatever." And "queer" is like, "I have unconventional tastes in food." They sound inclusive and exclusive respectively, but both don't really say anything, and so are weasel words that shouldn't be used at all by anyone. Even by people scrutinizing them.

[–]slushpilot 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a kind of elitism and pecking-order bullshit that has existed throughout all kinds of subcultures. Just ask an indie music nerd their favourite kind of music:

"Oh I like all kinds of music, whatever. Except country, haha."

"Oh this band sucks. I only like their first album before they sold out."