Andre Engels wrote:
I would like to write some stub article on the Aryan invasion in India (ca. 1700 BC). However, when I get to the Wikipedia page on 'Aryan', I read "[The term Aryan] can no longer be used in any constructive way."
So what am I to do now?
- Make up some new word to describe the concept,
- Just delete that text from the page,
- Just write my own piece as if this text is not there?
Nobody should be held linguistically captive to a group that has chosen to misuse or abuse a term for its own politcal ends. Allowing that long after that group has been otherwise defeated gives it a victory of sorts. It means that they have been allowed to set the agenda for a language.
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