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>dehumanize I'm sure it's not your intention, but you further dehumanize individuals when you use that word to describe how they're being treated when called t
by RichardHeart 10y ago
>dehumanize
I'm sure it's not your intention, but you further dehumanize individuals when you use that word to describe how they're being treated when called their common nickname. Please consider that when you try to force people to use your words to push an agenda, you harm the plight of those you are trying to help.
Further, that video was terrible. Humans create abbreviations and nicknames for tons of things without regard to legal validity. Do you have any other lists of common nicknames we're not allowed to use?
Like can I still call Green Bay Packers fans cheeseheads?
- johnchristopher 10y ago> Like can I still call Green Bay Packers fans cheeseheads? No, because you are a grown up person and you don't need derogatory terms to appear cool or hip.
- RichardHeart 10y ago"The term, however, was quickly embraced by Wisconsinites and is now a point of pride" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead I'm ok with a substitute example for an acceptable group nickname if you have one on offer.
- johnchristopher 10y agoHaha, I got owned :D. Not living in the US, not from the US and cheesehead sounded like an insult to my ears. Still I believe that not every nicknames or abbreviations is a good thing.
- kwhitefoot 10y agoIt probably was originally an insult by an opposing side's fans.
- omegaworks 10y agoNot forcing. Just making an argument for the usage of a term that doesn't harken back to authoritarian regimes that encouraged the use of that "common nickname" to label people and normalize the practice of sending those people to gas chambers.