So if other people say it, it’s racist or offensive.
But if the group of people being referred to use it, it being a word that has a history of being extremely derogatory towards that group, it’s okay?
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Why?
And that’s not a “tumblr” why. It’s a legitimate why. I never understood how someone can just agree to refer themselves as something offensive and get angry when others use it as well.
If my people were called shitheads for a century along with active abuse injustice, and degradation, I don’t think I’d like to keep using it among ourselves…
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pvryohei said: I was going to say something, but checking the notes Defective-Ink-Dispenser said everything I was going to say. I’m as lost as you are.
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And while we’re at it, stop saying it’s okay for “oppressed” people to use racial slurs in general.
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It may be related to the process of word reclaim. But if that’s the case, you’d expect it that at some point, it would...
samroseiswatchingyou said: I feel pretty much the exact same way Cactus. I don’t get it at all :T
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