I wouldn't go so far as to embrace, I just don't think that a catch-all term is a form of 4D chess. Should we lose our shit over terms like "Westerner" or "First World" since those too are catch-all terms that "erase" cultural identities? Why limit it to countries even? Surely calling someone American would be just as much of an "erasure" to people who are from Florida or Oregon since you could argue they too have unique cultures despite overlap.
This idea of "erasure" is, in my opinion, not significantly different from the idiots that try to endlessly categorise everyone into rigid definitions. I might prefer to be more specific, but I'm not going to sperg out and assume conspiracy over a catch-all. IdPol is IdPol.
I wouldn't go so far as to embrace, I just don't think that a catch-all term is a form of 4D chess. Should we lose our shit over terms like "Westerner" or "First World" since those too are catch-all terms that "erase" cultural identities? Why limit it to countries even? Surely calling someone American would be just as much of an "erasure" to people who are from Florida or Oregon since you could argue they too have unique cultures despite overlap.
This idea of "erasure" is, in my opinion, not significantly different from the idiots that try to endlessly categorise everyone into rigid definitions. I might prefer to be more specific, but I'm not going to sperg out and assume conspiracy over a catch-all. IdPol is IdPol.