I apologize if this question has been asked before and expect the mods will remove if so, but I scrolled a bit and didn’t see the topic. Over the past year or so I’ve seen articles about the term and have read comments in other subs about the term that mostly express extreme distaste for the term. My initial thoughts were that this was just one of many topics in the US where one side feels one way and the other side feels the polar opposite. However, I’ve started to think this particular issue/word choice is more nuanced than that. Is the term offensive? Do the terms Latino, Latina, and Latin cover anyone of Latin descent without the need for the additional term? Why do some people seem incredibly miffed about this word?

I’m linking the article that reignited my curiosity below.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/02/politics/connecticut-latinx-ban-bill-cec/index.html

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Posted by18 hours ago

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What's going on with a Chinese spy balloon flying over US?

I just saw a few people talking about it in Twitter. Apparently there is a surveillance balloon spying over the U.S. but the government doesn't want to shoot it down. What would be the reason? Why wouldn't they shoot it down? Isn't it a violation of their airspace?

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Posted by15 hours ago

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What's going on with student loan debt relief now that it is going to the Supreme Court?

Three months ago there was a post about this here where top comments said that the lawsuits were a political action to delay the relief until after the primary elections. But I don't think anyone expected it to get to the Supreme Court.

Now that it's here, I am seeing news stories, and actions by the Biden administration, that sound like debt not being forgiven is a real potential outcome. What changed about the situation and why does it matter that it is at the Supreme Court?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/31/politics/student-loan-supreme-court-standing/index.html

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What’s going on with the “NFL is scripted” stuff?

Full disclosure, I don’t follow sports. At all. But I’ve recently noticed a lot of memes, especially on Twitter, about football players reading the “script” for their upcoming games, and lots of people calling NFL games scripted in the way that wrestling matches are (as in, the outcome is prewritten, and the whole game is just a source of entertainment). I’ve even seen people say that football players’ personal lives are also scripted, the way that wrestlers and matches will have their own storylines and fictional backgrounds. What’s up with that?

(https://twitter.com/tljensen13/status/1620884147811287041)

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Why have people been talking about Sam Harris and needing a critique recently?

Numerous intellectuals seem to be frustrated with the dude as of late.

Gad Saad discusses some with not much context:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLT8Q6ayHGI

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What's up with people stealing monkeys from Zoos?

A couple of monkeys were stolen from the Dallas Zoo last week and now a dozen monkeys were swiped from a Zoo in Louisiana! What's going on here?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/us/zoosiana-squirrel-monkeys-stolen/index.html

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