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Often not even worth explaining... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well, a word can have multiple meanings

[-] higgsboson@dubvee.org -5 points 3 months ago

So if someone called a gay person f-slur, its okay because words have different meanings. Got it.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago

Oh boy, are you intentionally dense?

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 10 points 3 months ago

Yep, totally the same thing, a blanket word for obtuse close minded people and a sexual slur

[-] higgsboson@dubvee.org -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Now you get it. A slur doesn't become not a slur just because it has other meanings

e.g, evaluate this hypothetical statement by fictional commenter Chad Dudebro:

"Calling him a (f-slur) doesn't mean OP is homophobic. Being a (f-slur) is a state of mind."

It ain't the same level of offensive, but "boomer" is obviously an agist slur. Its just that no one cares because its okay to hate old people.

[-] ochi_chernye@startrek.website 12 points 3 months ago

I think it's the difference between punching down and punching up. Boomers in general have far more money and power than the people using the term. So complaining that it's ageist, and comparing it to a homophobic slur will get you about as much traction as white people being offended by cracker, and comparing it to slurs used against African Americans.