On: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

[SpicyLemonZest]

There's a common strain of thought in the US that it's actually a sign of maturity to be pained and upset by words. Immature people, the theory goes, don't have enough empathy to understand why a common word in a foreign language could be so hurtful.

[coldtea → SpicyLemonZest]

That's not maturity, that's soapiness.

Or rather, to tell it as it is, it is a mix of the fragility of spoiled brats and feigned offense to be used to advance one's self...