What is with the constant use of "folks" in "queer folks"? Is it offensive to call them "queer people" now?
It’s just a word. People is fine too. Folks just sounds better.
If that were true then they would have written:
"Young folks, folks of color, queer folks". This is not the case.
As one of them queer folks, it just rolls of the tongue easier.
It’s just another word for a group, same as people.
Woke folks use this word to signal their allegiance to the in-group.
https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-folks/
You are getting down voted even though you are correct. It is part of the progressive dictionary because in that worldview "people" is tainted by whiteness etc. This explanation will obviously get flagged too, which does not make it untrue.
It’s just a word. People is fine too. Folks just sounds better.
If that were true then they would have written:
"Young folks, folks of color, queer folks". This is not the case.
As one of them queer folks, it just rolls of the tongue easier.
It’s just another word for a group, same as people.
Woke folks use this word to signal their allegiance to the in-group.
https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-folks/
You are getting down voted even though you are correct. It is part of the progressive dictionary because in that worldview "people" is tainted by whiteness etc. This explanation will obviously get flagged too, which does not make it untrue.