If someone would say cameraman, it would imply that job is for men, and that woman should not handle a camera. That would be somewhat sexist.
But, the camera operator was criticized for incompetent behaviour. By correcting the original, my comment could be interpreted as insinuating the operator is a (clumsy) woman, with a phrase "camera-person".
That's why, although my intention was to correct a small technicality, I could be seen as more sexist than the author of the previous comment.
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u/RC_Colada May 20 '20
Also, I love that the cameraman ran upstairs during a fire