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@realcaseyrollins We went from the morning-after pill to the morning-before pill.

@realcaseyrollins Alternate interpretation; we used to fight about whether one group were killing babies or not; now we’re arguing about whether one group is killing grandma or not.

@icedquinn @shebang I've literally ever seen a black person get mad because you called them black. I've seen a lot of white liberals get mad tho.

@mewmew @icedquinn @shebang It's better than "colored". I do prefer "black people" to "blacks" personally.

But all of this is semantics, people rarely mean anything bad by using the term.

@icedquinn @shebang well, "blacks" is kinda dehumanizing. just like "whites" would be. wouldn't say it's racist tho

@mewmew @icedquinn I never say the n-word because it’s very specific, and very harmful. Bitch is used universally, yes, and it’s also really not as negative and harmful. Really the n-word feels like nearly class of its own in most ways, it feels hateful where bitch is just rude.

I could say it, I’m the Queen of my own free speech server, after all. But I don’t because it’s rarely a productive thing to say, and I’m just not interested in using language that’s outright hateful. The k-word for Jewish people is another example of words that are hateful that I won’t use.

Now, the word isn’t always hateful, but it never is in good taste and doesn’t promote the kind of discourse that I prefer to take part in.

I’m of the opinion that when black people “took the word back” all they really did was perpetuate it back into common usage, and this was in error. It should have been left to rot as an anachronism.

😲😲 My bottle of water is expired should I still drink it what if it's mouldy 😲😲

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