• SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I can think of quite a few. I presume I know the three you are talking about.

    Also we’re classifying slurs as words specifically used with the intent of attacking someone right.

    Not just a word people are offended by no matter the intent historically.

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        Not really.

        What I mean is what if I started calling all Lemmy users lemmos and meant no offense, the word caught on too.

        But then Lemmy users hated it. So people stop using it.

        Is that a slur or not.

        Theres a lot of offensive words today that have a history like that. Where they were often descriptive words and not attacking words by intent of the user.

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          I think power structures come into play too. Example: a plantation owner calling his slaves the n-word. Language used to dehumanize a group is always a slur.

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            Guess why its called a Master Bedroom? I do renovations and build houses. I’m trying to use primary bedroom or primary suite more.

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              From what I can find online, it seems like it’s unlikely that particular term was originally meant to refer to slave masters and it moreso referred to the head of household.

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                OK, thsts fair. Its something I heard, not researched myself. Still, fuck the patriarchy.

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                  Just accept you were wrong, in Brazil there was a company that didn’t want to use “black Friday” because they didn’t find a source saying it wasn’t racist.

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                    I did? I said it was a fair and that I hadn’t read it myself. I’m not sure what more you expect.

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            What if the dehumanizing language is used to elevate a group above you humans?