With the vocab - I'm on the fence actually!! The words and meanings are changing (and it seems to be a natural process), but I don't fancy words changing meanings on people who used them to mean different things. The greyro vs aro-spec conflation you mentioned for example - I'm not sure if at this point it's possible to change the meaning of aro-spec (as an identity at least) not to mean "somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, but not aromantic". The misuse of positive and favourable I'd like to correct. Anyway, this is a topic for another discussion.
Okay, I think "the only option" is a better description for this - I know this was the case and the situation of older aroaces is different in this regard. But it's not the only option anymore and from my point of view shouldn't be treated as a default option (for newly discovering aroaces) because the ace communities were here first. I think it's fair to make the fact that not all aroaces who interact with aro communities are dissatisfied with ace communities a more accessible perspective for sure.
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Re: Topic origin, community history, and aroaces with good experiences
Date: 2 Mar 2019 17:52 (UTC)With the vocab - I'm on the fence actually!! The words and meanings are changing (and it seems to be a natural process), but I don't fancy words changing meanings on people who used them to mean different things. The greyro vs aro-spec conflation you mentioned for example - I'm not sure if at this point it's possible to change the meaning of aro-spec (as an identity at least) not to mean "somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, but not aromantic". The misuse of positive and favourable I'd like to correct. Anyway, this is a topic for another discussion.
Okay, I think "the only option" is a better description for this - I know this was the case and the situation of older aroaces is different in this regard. But it's not the only option anymore and from my point of view shouldn't be treated as a default option (for newly discovering aroaces) because the ace communities were here first. I think it's fair to make the fact that not all aroaces who interact with aro communities are dissatisfied with ace communities a more accessible perspective for sure.