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You're thinking of the more specific terms "racial slur" or "ethnic slur" and not the generic word "slur".
by daveFNbuck 8y ago
You're thinking of the more specific terms "racial slur" or "ethnic slur" and not the generic word "slur".
- leesalminen 8y agoSo now any word that someone dislikes is a slur and must be banished from our vocabulary? We’re doomed.
- daveFNbuck 8y agoNo one is saying you have to remove slurs from your vocabulary. You should just limit the use of insulting language to when you intend to insult people. Feel free to use "Democrat party" when your intention is to be insulting. When you aren't trying to be insulting, that phrase is poor communication.
- mikeash 8y agoAs someone who seemed to be trying to make a point independent of either party, I thought you might appreciate knowing that you were, presumably inadvertently, using a term coined by one of them to attack the other. I guess not. Use whatever words you like, just be aware of what they’ll convey.