• Voyajer@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      A slur is any word that is used to insult someone based on their immutable characteristics (race, gender, sexuality, religion, ableness, etc.). There is NO requirement of oppression.

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        6 months ago

        Extremely shallow analysis, certain words have a much different history than others and theres a lot of bad faith implications going on herea

        Would you say cracker and the nword are on the same level?

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      6 months ago

      That sounds sensible on first thought…but it’s easy to find slurs that are for non-oppressed people’s.

      The French, for example.

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        It’s not sensible in any way, you can have slurs for anyone.

        Someone not being oppressed doesn’t make them suddenly incapable of being oppressed or held down.

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      6 months ago

      Any word said with enough hatred is a slur

      Of course that being said I’ve never ever heard cis used like that either