While I said I don’t want it to be a struggle session, cool headed good faith discussion is also appreciated. This just came up with some comrades of mine and I couldn’t find the last post about it so if anyone has the link that would be great too.

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    1 year ago

    Maybe insults aren’t viable?

    i think slurs need to be fresh (or maintained) to hold any weight. I guess polack was a slur? but i’ve never heard anyone besides gary coleman use the term and there’s no anti-polish racism in my culture anymore so nobody would even know to scold you for it. ukkk might be different but i don’t think it’s reasonable to consider dialects that aren’t local. every sentence we say is probably something horrible in cockney rhyming slang.