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RE: Racial slurs!
June 25, 2024 at 4:55 am
(June 25, 2024 at 4:50 am)Foxaèr Wrote: My takeaway, it's okay to use it as a historical reference.
Or a social reference or a cultural reference or a literary reference or an artistic reference...But I shudder to think of the amount of moderation that would require.
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RE: Racial slurs!
June 25, 2024 at 6:16 am
When someone opens with a thread on racial slurs, you can be pretty sure they didn't show up for any real conversation. It's click bait with the intention of starting some shit.
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RE: Racial slurs!
June 25, 2024 at 6:23 am
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RE: Racial slurs!
June 25, 2024 at 6:58 am
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2024 at 6:59 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Probably the best qualifier of whether a particular word is offensive to the point of being a slur is to use it at a gathering where you are the only person there to whom that slur doesn’t apply. F’instance, try using the n-word at a BLM event, or one of the many uncharitable words for Muslims at an ISIS planning session.
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RE: Racial slurs!
June 28, 2024 at 3:38 pm
(June 25, 2024 at 2:18 am)pocaracas Wrote: There's a magical word.... It has an n, an i, two g's and r and an e... And its been used to shame people for ages
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