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Divisive language
Oct. 29th, 2003 03:06 pmI think it's time for folks to admit it: The whole 'bash things like the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
childfree folks do' language is officially done with. What was once a community's original way of venting has turned into a huge, directionless mass of 'me-too!' jargon-chanters. These monkey-hear-monkey-repeat flame warriors gleefully froth out their slurs at the expense of making nobody take their points seriously any more. I wouldn't be surprised to find a good percentage of them don't even share the same 'childfree' convictions; they just enjoy trashing people with these 'new kewl wordz they saw on the net'.
Sprog, kidlet, moo, crotch-dropping, bratling -- it's all just such a tired, divisive lingo. It makes me miss the more creative groups, like VHEMT. At least they have a catchy sound-byte of a logo: "May we live long and die out". :)
(An addition to the thoughts above before too many folks take this post the wrong way: Please note that what I'm ranting about is folks [ab]using one group's verbiage to the point of making those words pointless anymore. I've got no complaint about the childfree folks themselves! I'm definitely in agreement that this world has far too many irresponsible acts of breeding going on.)
childfree folks do' language is officially done with. What was once a community's original way of venting has turned into a huge, directionless mass of 'me-too!' jargon-chanters. These monkey-hear-monkey-repeat flame warriors gleefully froth out their slurs at the expense of making nobody take their points seriously any more. I wouldn't be surprised to find a good percentage of them don't even share the same 'childfree' convictions; they just enjoy trashing people with these 'new kewl wordz they saw on the net'.Sprog, kidlet, moo, crotch-dropping, bratling -- it's all just such a tired, divisive lingo. It makes me miss the more creative groups, like VHEMT. At least they have a catchy sound-byte of a logo: "May we live long and die out". :)
(An addition to the thoughts above before too many folks take this post the wrong way: Please note that what I'm ranting about is folks [ab]using one group's verbiage to the point of making those words pointless anymore. I've got no complaint about the childfree folks themselves! I'm definitely in agreement that this world has far too many irresponsible acts of breeding going on.)
