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I was expecting much worse but he repeatedly mentions in that clip that “of course you should never say it because its demeaning”, and that its stupid how he ha
by marcellus23 5y ago
I was expecting much worse but he repeatedly mentions in that clip that “of course you should never say it because its demeaning”, and that its stupid how he has nostalgia for it.
There _was_ a time when that word was used like that by kids, I think we can allow people to have nostalgia for their childhood as long as they acknowledge how bad it is according to 2021 sensibilities.
- dymk 5y agoAnd what about how he wishes there was a day where white kids could say the "n word" just to get it out of their system? And no, I'm not going to respect some sense of nostalgia for the word "fag", because when people were calling me that in middle and highschool, it sure wasn't a fun experience, and I don't look back on any of that fondly.
- marcellus23 5y agoIt was pretty clear that was a joke tweet, and also he was referring to using the word among his friends, not bullying.
- dymk 5y agoWhat’s the joke?
- webmaven 5y ago> What’s the joke? The joke is essentially "Ha-ha, look at how transgressive I am being, aren't I funny?", which is a particularly juvenile sort of humor (two-year-olds just love to show off the "new" word they learned by going around saying "shit" for example) and as a practical matter is indistinguishable from "Ha-ha, only serious".
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- stormking 5y agoSorry, but no, "nostalgia for your childhood bad behaviour" is just dumb.
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- marcellus23 5y agoPeople can’t exactly control what they have nostalgia for.
- dymk 5y agoThat's just not true at all. You feel shame over things you did as a child that you now know was wrong. And even if you don't, you also have control over what personal views you go talk about in a Youtube tutorial about Blender.