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Comment on Not promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three?

SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I can think of quite a few. I presume I know the three you are talking about.

Also we’re classifying slurs as words specifically used with the intent of attacking someone right.

Not just a word people are offended by no matter the intent historically.

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Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Aren’t all slurs attacking something or someone you disagree with?

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- SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Not really.
  
  What I mean is what if I started calling all Lemmy users lemmos and meant no offense, the word caught on too.
  
  But then Lemmy users hated it. So people stop using it.
  
  Is that a slur or not.
  
  Theres a lot of offensive words today that have a history like that. Where they were often descriptive words and not attacking words by intent of the user.
  
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  - cheers_queers@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I think power structures come into play too. Example: a plantation owner calling his slaves the n-word. Language used to dehumanize a group is always a slur.
    
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    Zagam@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Guess why its called a Master Bedroom? I do renovations and build houses. I’m trying to use primary bedroom or primary suite more.
    
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    Steve@communick.news ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    What if the dehumanizing language is used to elevate a group above you humans?
    
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- Today@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  How else do we warn others about the assholes?
  
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