Comment on Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them.

Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s bullshit, though - words do hurt.

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  • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Words hurt exactly as much as you care what whoever said them thinks of you. This leaves u with 2 cases.

    Case 1: your friend whoes opinion u value is saying something hurtful, ask em to stop if they dont u dont have to be there friend or value their opinion.

    Case 2: its some rando whoes opinion you dont value. The only reason u would care what they think is if your insecure.

    So what is it? Words dont hurt? Your friends arnt actually ur friends? Or are u simply insecure?

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re forgetting about words that come from society itself. Those are a hell of a lot harder to disregard than ones made by an individual.

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      • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Society is made up of individuals. What difference does the number of people make 0 fucks times any things is still 0 fucks.

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    • Arkouda@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You should work on your spelling and grammar before acting like an authority.

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      • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Never claimed to be an authority. And being a grammar Nazi isnt an argument based in logic, its sidestepping any substance for the sole purpise of being a right old cunt.

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably why I’ve hardened myself to the point where I’m basically emotionless. Society does not ever play nice.

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• snooggums@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  While that is a great approach when the words have no weight, ignoring systemic discrimination that perpetuates actual harm is counterproductive.

  When a cop calls all black people thugs and criminals, it is something that shouldn’t be ignored. When a football team is named the Washington [slurs] it perpetuates racism against native americans in a way that has actual impacts on people. When schools are named after traitors it shows society is fine with elevating their views and ideals.

  The importance of words depends on context and blowing off systemic racism permanently installed in public view because they are ‘just words’ ignores the real harm that those words have. Street signs with derogatory slurs against native people who were the victims of genocide is the equivalent of having slurs used hy the nazis on street signs.

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• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are words and then there are words backed by the state’s monopoly on violence. It’s harder to move forward when these old ugly names keep things rooted in the past.

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  • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Name a single word that is backed by the states monopoly on violence.

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Read the article, there are several

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    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just one? Washington.

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      • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The name the guy both are fucking dead? I dont see how thats backed with state violence?

        Its not like i can summon the FBI into ur house by chanting Washington 6 times in the mirror. And ur good old first amendment give me the right to call him a cunt. I dont see any state backed violence here.

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeh, I can acknowledge the difference tbh

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