• doctordevice@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Using racial slurs isn’t only damaging and insulting to the person being directly talked to or about. I suggest adopting a blanket position against racial slurs in any context.

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      2 months ago

      But what about <incredibly contrived specific example involving song lyrics, guns to heads etc.>, can I say it then?

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      2 months ago

      I didnt say using racial slurs is correct. I said the act of scamming someone is so far removed from the identity of what it means to be human.

      I never defended the terminology used in the post. Nor would I use that. Its shallow, and means far less than telling them they aren’t someone capable of receiving any care.

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        2 months ago

        Scamming is core to what it is to be human, other animals don’t scam, and when they do, insofar as they do, we say they are like us