I was surprised to learn about "grandfathered" here, too. But, frankly, I am skeptical of their explanation, after reading their incredibly specious reasoning for avoiding "tarball". Not to mention my skepticism over whether any serious numbers of black people would actually be offended by "grandfathered". But hey, I'm a white guy, so I could easily be wrong about that. (It's just that I feel like the majority of people who might jump down my throat for believing "grandfathered" isn't a big deal are more often than not likely to also be white people who don't actually know if the word is truly offensive, either.)
> but on the whole this list is basically just ‘try to be kind to others’. It’s disappointing to see it so badly received.
I think it's being so poorly received specifically because it doesn't come off as a "try to be kind to others" list. I do agree with quite a few of the things on their list, but many of the items are so out there and tenuous that it makes it seem like a list put together by some severely out-of-touch people who get off controlling others. Which, unfortunately, I suspect is actually the case. And I think overall it undermines the efforts of people who are trying to get others to stop using some of the legitimately harmful words on the list.
> but on the whole this list is basically just ‘try to be kind to others’. It’s disappointing to see it so badly received.
I think it's being so poorly received specifically because it doesn't come off as a "try to be kind to others" list. I do agree with quite a few of the things on their list, but many of the items are so out there and tenuous that it makes it seem like a list put together by some severely out-of-touch people who get off controlling others. Which, unfortunately, I suspect is actually the case. And I think overall it undermines the efforts of people who are trying to get others to stop using some of the legitimately harmful words on the list.