In general I agree with your POV, I always say people to use all the words they know with me, curse words included when they need them. But personally I’m into etymology because it gives me a sense of ownership of a word, if I know the old meaning hidden inside (or sometimes very different from) the current meaning, I can use a word exactly as it was intended. Or I’m just a nerd lol
Just a note that gay was not a slur ‘originally’; https://www.websters1913.com/words/Gay
In general I agree with your POV, I always say people to use all the words they know with me, curse words included when they need them. But personally I’m into etymology because it gives me a sense of ownership of a word, if I know the old meaning hidden inside (or sometimes very different from) the current meaning, I can use a word exactly as it was intended. Or I’m just a nerd lol