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Not saying it's the case for this conversation, plenty of people willing to explain and teach, but sometimes someone will ask you to not use a term, and refuse to explain because it is emotionally exhausting to explain and relive your trauma to people who don't understand why hearing people say something hurts you.
If you ever find yourself in this situation, try to exercise some empathy and just don't use the word, instead of insisting on understanding why you can't use it.
I say this because I've seen it happen in front of me irl and it's pretty shit. Also online it can be interpreted as sealioning, which yknow, not great.