

Sure, that’s the conventional wisdom but it seems like you’re missing that this is quite literally exactly what they said about Walz and Harris and we already know how that played out. I’m not sure how many times we have to do this the safe way before people start to understand that the safe option isn’t what people want.
You may not like the specific wording but you still know what’s being discussed. Some people, kids included, are weird looking and off putting. The opposite of that can be called many things and you know what most people mean by when they say it.