apologies for that - it came from a friend who was reviewing that HN thread and used that word - but it was my choice to repeat that word in my writeup. I didnt take your feelings into account when using what I knew to be a loaded word, and in retrospect it did nothing to further the strength of my argument at all.
As I mentioned, my definition was just different. And I didn't even mean to gatekeep. My spirit was: "if I can do it, many more people definitely can, too". So I went on and shared an outline of my journey. That's all.
I'm sorry. I've removed it.