Quote Originally Posted by Yasuhiro View Post
It's no different to saying, brit or aussie.
British and Australian people did not get put into internment camps on American soil like Japanese Americans did all while being derogatorily referred to by a term they did not use for themselves. Brit and Aussie are terms largely accepted by the people of those nationalities even to the point of being used to describe themselves in mamy, many cases, whereas the term for Japanese people is not.

If someone is not aware of the history of forced internment of American Japanese people amd uses the term, educating them is the best route. If someone continues to use the term or defends its use once made aware or despite being aware of why it is derogatory then it is more than reasonable to call them out on the bigotry being displayed. Fortunately the situation with the person who used it appears to be the former, and the person just wasn't aware of the negative connotation of the abbreviation he used, it was explained, and he no longer posted using the term. Hopefully the subsequent posters defending the term can take a moment to reflect on why the term should not be used or defended, even if only from the simple position of empathy for others