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Your analogy between the terms 1st/3rd world country and that particular racial epithet is beyond absurd. To confirm this just try saying one or the other at wo
by aerovistae 11y ago
Your analogy between the terms 1st/3rd world country and that particular racial epithet is beyond absurd. To confirm this just try saying one or the other at work to test the reactions you get.
- soapdog 11y agoI am saying this because people do take offense on the 3rd world monicker. In many fields that term is considered offensive when used in public discourse. This is not a joke. What a group perceives as normal speech may be a term that in other circles is considered bad and better terms and classifications might be in place
- philovivero 11y agoI think only citizens of third-world countries are offended by the third-world monicker. It is englightening to note that a false insult is usually shrugged off, and a true insult usually taken to heart. The trick is to notice when the insult is true and modify your behaviour so that the insult is no longer applicable.
- powera 11y agoYou can't just declare a common word to be offensive and get offended when people use it in a normal context and expect to have a reasonable conversation.
- umanwizard 11y agoYou don't know many 21st century identity-politics leftists, I guess. Try visiting Seattle :)