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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:22 pm
It's not that hard, Slash.
You have to go trough the intersectionality mine fields, Spanish Etiquette school, allyship labyrinth, ask advice from a Latinx Gypsy magician...
And it goes on and on...
Or you can just try to be polite, and when somebody says "don't call me a faggot" or "that's a slur", stop using the word in question. If somebody says "these are my pronouns", use the pronouns they ask you to.
Tell that to Matt Damon.
If I ever meet the man, then I will.
In the meantime, what makes it so hard for you to be polite to people when they correct you?
On the left it's the most natural thing to call someone with his credentials a racist.
I don't remember the last time that happened IRL.
The people who correct me are usually not polite on the Internet.
Well then, let me politely tell you that the G-word is an anti-Romani slur, and I would prefer if you stopped using it. They're still getting their asses kicked in Europe and the Nazis hate them almost as much as they hate Jewish people.
"Believe me, there’s nothing so terrible that someone won’t support it."
— Un Lun Dun, China Mieville
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:22 pm
It's not that hard, Slash.
You have to go trough the intersectionality mine fields, Spanish Etiquette school, allyship labyrinth, ask advice from a Latinx Gypsy magician...
And it goes on and on...
Or you can just try to be polite, and when somebody says "don't call me a faggot" or "that's a slur", stop using the word in question. If somebody says "these are my pronouns", use the pronouns they ask you to.
Tell that to Matt Damon.
If I ever meet the man, then I will.
In the meantime, what makes it so hard for you to be polite to people when they correct you?
On the left it's the most natural thing to call someone with his credentials a racist.
I don't remember the last time that happened IRL.
The people who correct me are usually not polite on the Internet.
Well then, let me politely tell you that the G-word is an anti-Romani slur, and I would prefer if you stopped using it. They're still getting their asses kicked in Europe and the Nazis hate them almost as much as they hate Jewish people.
Did the /GypsyRomani people, vote on it regularly or it's some Ivory Tower invention?
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:00 pm
Slash, it costs $0 to not use a slur when somebody tells you it is a slur. Did I fail to be polite?
i think you are wrong and i don't like you enough. i also don't think of it as a slur.
You don't think Latinx is more offensive than a theoretical slur?
And rather than taking the seven seconds it would need to look up the origin and use of the word on google, you ask me to hand you some sources.
The g-word isn't a theoretical slur, it is an actual slur.
"Believe me, there’s nothing so terrible that someone won’t support it."
— Un Lun Dun, China Mieville
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:00 pm
Slash, it costs $0 to not use a slur when somebody tells you it is a slur. Did I fail to be polite?
i think you are wrong and i don't like you enough. i also don't think of it as a slur.
You don't think Latinx is more offensive than a theoretical slur?
Here's the difference. If somebody politely asks me to stop using that word to refer to people of Hispanic origin, I will do it, and if I'm unsure why I will look up the origins of the word and its relevance in current society, because it costs me absolutely nothing to do so. It is polite, and as a writer, I have a vast multitude of other perfectly serviceable words at my disposal and plenty of other ways to convey information without using that word.
See? Why is this so hard for some people?
"Believe me, there’s nothing so terrible that someone won’t support it."
— Un Lun Dun, China Mieville