• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      i’m torn. we shame them away from using this one, they’ll just move onto the next. it’s not the meaning behind the word that they like, it’s the fact that it’s a slur. hence the euphemism treadmill.

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        57 minutes ago

        That still doesn’t mean that we need to use it.

        Also, we absolutely should shame these people. Let them move onto the next one. We will shame them for that too. Bigots don’t get to have things.