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I don't accept that we can't use words that accurately describe a concept merely because some people find that concept unpleasant.
by rewqfdsa 11y ago
I don't accept that we can't use words that accurately describe a concept merely because some people find that concept unpleasant.
- untothebreach 11y agoReally? Slavery is "unpleasant?" Going to the dentist is "unpleasant." The enslavement of an entire race of people goes quite a ways beyond "unpleasant."
- AnimalMuppet 11y ago> The enslavement of an entire race of people goes quite a ways beyond "unpleasant." Absolutely. But what we're talking about isn't racial. The last time I worked on a master/slave setup (I forget whether we used those terms), the "master" and "slave" were of the same race. In fact, the slave could become the master, and the master could become the slave. You may tell me that we're talking about the words, and I suppose that's true. But the words are also used for same-race slavery, so the words are not inherently about a racially-charged situation either.