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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (7 children)

call these people the hard R word

What the fuck is up with people actively trying to bring this slur back?

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[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The “good old days”? Smh

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[+] BuckFutter@timeyak.com -9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

No one is trying to bring it back, it’s a callout to a time in the past. That is all.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

People are absolutely trying to bring that word back. Joe Rogan himself talked about bringing it back. It's a thing.

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[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 2 points 2 months ago

Oh wow, I had no idea. I don’t listen to Joe Rogan because he’s a disingenuous snake oil salesman.

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean, waxing poetically about the cruel shit you can't say anymore kinda feels like you want to be able to say it.

It's like a white person complaining they can't say the n word.

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[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

For a foreigner: does "negro" also considered N word?

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If you're not speaking English, then no. That 'e' better be pronounced like the five vowels and not 'eee' (like 'i' in the five vowels) . And you'd better be talking about the color and not of someone's skin.

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