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Originally Posted by Curious
For example, StG uses the LC lingo, yes, (has been using...) but he's not trying to control anyone, subvert anyone, bully or badger or brainwash. He has kept the habit and was not himself deeply harmed by the LC so doesn't have the same negative associations with the lingo. Then he's stayed in a breakaway group, so the lingo has remained but the toxicity that is associated with the LC itself didn't develop.
That is how it looks to me, looking on. Tolerating some lingo from those who mean no harm, could be like taking a vaccination. The virus isn't active, it's dead, but choosing to mentally separate the residual lingo in a 'safe' setting can help it to cease its triggering effect. In brief, It's the motivation behind the words that is the potential enemy. Not all use of the lingo is necessarily evil in itself.
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BIG thanks for that observation!!
Yes, I don't associate many of those words or phrases with something as negative as many on here do, for the reasons you. But this is educational for me, to realize that a number here have a stronger association with those words to the pain and hurt they experienced.
Thanks again, Curious . . . most helpful I think!