only the definition that you prefer is valid. Not the actual meaning of the word

So the meaning of a word is how it's used. This case with Jefferies, the meaning of the word is "famous black man like Tupac". That's the meaning. We know this because the person assigning it to him is not speaking in Arabic, and not applying the same moniker to white people.

So even in that basis alone, the moniker may as well be "AIPAC Blackman". Because that's literally the extent of thought being put into it.

The problem is that Tupac's name is not just some accident of history. It is a deliberate choice. Therefore it comes with meaning.

Meaning is constructed. It's not something found in a dictionary, it's a participatory process.

This is true for plenty of other names: Hitler, Trump, Gandhi, etc. Imagine calling JD Vance's wife "A Hot Ma Gandhi". Not only is it offensive simply by virtue of the dehumanization that comes from decontextualizing a name based on ethnicity or race and just applying a famous name of one member of that community to another (like calling all Chinese people Lee or Ching), but it's ALSO applying a name with the baggage if honor to a person who doesn't deserve that honor.

I wouldn't be offended on behalf of the Gandhi family. I would just find it offensive and ignorant.

This is like that. I am not upset on behalf of the Shakur's, I am upset as me, because it's an ignorant and offensive name for all of these reasons. And you defending it is a lot like the good old boys saying "what are you some kind of Indian lover? If they don't like it let them come tell me to my face that they don't like it". It's not a good look

You're working off some random definition he found on some bullshit name site to argue why he should not just ignore the family that made the name famous, but take it away from them. Let's not pretend like you're not using "AIPAC Shakur" as a loose Tupac reference.

And now you're likening being against this to somehow also thinking referring to codifying fictional character must mean it's an insult to all people named Tom? You know that's not an equivalent situation.

It's possible to be personally offended by someone being so fucking obtuse and neckbeardy about justifying a shitty thing they said. Your amorality is not a good enough defense, and it's downright stupid to not consider how trying to rip away a famous name from a famous family just so you can use a racially coded insult is perfectly okay.

It would have been infinitely more respectable if you demonstrated the capacity to take a step back and see what the mistake was rather than doubling down off the back of some stupid baby name meaning site as if it's a legitimate source.

What a stupid thing to double down on.