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It's an insult people from Greece or Turkey hear a lot more often, and many of them seem to perceive it as a racial slur. Just like you wouldn't be offended by
by bayesian_horse 11y ago
It's an insult people from Greece or Turkey hear a lot more often, and many of them seem to perceive it as a racial slur.
Just like you wouldn't be offended by racial slurs not referring to your particular race.
- lomnakkus 11y agoAh, ok, so it's akin to a racial slur. Thanks for that explanation -- it makes a little more sense now. > Just like you wouldn't be offended by racial slurs not referring to your particular race. Personally, I'm not offended by racial slurs referring to my race, but then I was born lucky (white, male), so I probably don't appreciate what it's like to be a minority... ... but is Erdogan from a minority? (I must confess I know very little about Erdogan, but most of the media I read portray him as just a few inches short of a megalomaniacal dictator.) EDIT: I find it interesting to contemplate Erdogan's reaction to this compared to the (hypothetical) way, say, Obama would have reacted to this. (Not a US-ian, just for the record.)
- bayesian_horse 11y agoErdogan isn't a minority in his country. And we don't care if he is offended or not. However, there are millions of Turks in Germany, and we should care if they feel offended.