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[-] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you pop into that users history, you'll see that the interacting they're talking about is whining at me for a couple of days because I called them a racist.

[-] Murvel@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not really. You just use the word 'racist' as a general insult to people who disagree with you. I don't really take it as an offense since it means nothing in that context, but using the word 'racist' ignoring its actual meaning is problematic.

[-] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How do you not understand how using a racial slur to insult someone is racist?

[-] Murvel@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Because mongrel is not a racial slur. You made it a racial slur. I could argue that the word Bastard is a racial slur by the same logic. And given enough time and effort, you would believe it if all you see is race.

[-] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is a history of mongrel being used as a racial slur, you chose to ignore the evidence of that I showed you so you could pretend to be a victim.

[-] Murvel@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All you need to know is that it was not used with a racist intent. The word itself was not even used in a context where it could be interpreted as racist. I mean, can you even answer which group of people the word was racist against based on your interpretation?

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