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[-] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 20 hours ago

you don't have to use slurs to refer to people actually

[-] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

You're right.

But, damn near anything that's said with mean intent about a visible minority long enough becomes a slur. So it is something of a game of whack-a-mole that continuously removes words from the language as collateral damage.

I personally think people should just stop being mean entirely, slurs or not.

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