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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Idk, crusading against common myths is something that's pretty hot these days. Stuff like:

  • Christopher Columbus didn't actually discover America, and he was actually kind of an asshat
  • Bell didn't invent the telephone, he was simply the first to patent and subsequently litigate
  • "Frankenstein" is the name of the scientist, not the monster
  • Many modern tropes about Christian Hell stem from a 17th century political satire novel

Crusading for truth in easily verifiable matters feels very on-brand for the kind of people who use Lemmy. In that light, reclaiming a negative term that's only negative because of a false premise to describe ourselves doesn't sound so bad. At worst, we become a little insufferable as we have to introduce the term with a "well, ackshually", which a lot of us would probably do anyway.