Yeh, I can acknowledge the difference tbh
Comment on Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoThere 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.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Name a single word that is backed by the states monopoly on violence.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Read the article, there are several
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Just one? Washington.
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 5 weeks 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.