• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      They’re the same fucking word from different time periods on the treadmill of what is politically correct.

      Either both are slurs that shouldn’t be used or both are acceptable.

      That’s not how language works, and unless you go around calling Black folk ‘colored’, you understand that in other contexts. What words are acceptable and what connotations they have change with time and usage.

        • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Dude, it’s the euphemism treadmill. You exercise your mind while making other people more comfortable to be around you. Your complaint has existed for hundreds of years, and will only lead to poorer social connectivity. Just hop on and put on some tunes