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Languages evolve. They also include lots of ugly history. Fact is, it's part of the language today, and nobody is using the word "indiscriminately" or as an oth
by swaits 16y ago
Languages evolve. They also include lots of ugly history. Fact is, it's part of the language today, and nobody is using the word "indiscriminately" or as an otherwise ethnic slur. In other words, we don't have to feel bad for using it.
- stcredzero 16y agoIs there any reason we need to use it? How about we leave the feeling bad out of it, but we just don't use it? Would you teasingly call your friend a "retard" in front of someone with Down syndrome? That doesn't strike me as polite. Using an ethnic referent as a synonym for some type of unsavory act just doesn't seem polite either.