... the complaints seriously helps nobody. Listening and adjusting is right and awesome. People giving you shit because they don't understand the historical context of the idiom and the meaning of the words is wrong and harmful.

Sorry for all the unsolicited words. I'll shut up now.

"(...) The derogatory use of the word spade is centuries more recent, and conflating the two is disgraceful and borderline illiterate, and helps nobody. Direct your anger and frustration toward the fascist cabal that has now besieged the US government."

I didn't mean to suggest that you taking ...

I said this on that other platform:

"I'm sure you've gotten the message by now, and you sure ain't going to see the 1200th response to this. Maybe someone stopping by can learn something, so this is for them: There is nothing problematic about the idiom that refers to a digging implement. (...)"

I will definitely raise the flag and celebrate here in northern Sweden.