jedi master yoda wrote:
It's a problem because in spite of their betching to the contrary, old people are the most easily offended group of snowflakes in existence and certain words make them angry regardless of context.
I would say that this statement is infinitely more applicable to young people nowadays than it is to the older generation. A couple of decades ago, it was likely true, but it's the youngsters who own the crotchety, humorless, nit-picking, outraged Zeitgeist of the 21st Century, hands down.