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lemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read" (lemmy.cafe)

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https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur

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[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

That's the problem I have when people of that slur use it. And worse, they act like it's not a big deal. There's offensive words I can use because of my skin tone that would absolutely get any non-colored person choked out.

But you nailed it. If I brush it off like it doesnt offend/isn't a disgusting word, then I am giving permission to others that it's okay to say.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago

It's the same these days with the f-slur and cishet folks getting ostracised for using it, at least where I live. I agree, I'll happily call myself one but never the r-slur. It just gives people a free pass.