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1) Gypsy is a slur 2) Both of those things were / are illegal and operated relatively underground, which is exactly the point of the person you're responding t
by Sebguer 4y ago
1) Gypsy is a slur
2) Both of those things were / are illegal and operated relatively underground, which is exactly the point of the person you're responding to.
- AussieWog93 4y ago>Gypsy is a slur Wow. Someone should probably let the creators of "Big Fat Gypsy Weddings" know this! And all the people that participated in the show. And all of the Travellers that watched it.
- the_af 4y agoWell, it's true the meaning of the word has evolved into a slur. At least some of the people who used to be called gypsies in English don't want to be called that. As for shows, didn't Netflix's "Gypsy" take flak for the name?
- AussieWog93 4y ago>Well, it's true the meaning of the word has evolved into a slur. Is it, though, or is it one of those words like "Indian" (referring to an American Indian, not someone from the country of India) that people say is a slur but is not considered offensive at all by the community it supposedly degrades (and in fact, refusing to use it in their company will get you strange looks more than anything else). See also: my username for a similar "slur". >As for shows, didn't Netflix's "Gypsy" take flak for the name? Based on its Wikipedia page (especially in the "talk" page), it looks like it was mainly just a single author generating righteous outrage to get clicks.
- the_af 4y agoHm. It seems you're right. Well, I stand corrected.
- Kerrick 4y agoIt’s in the process of being removed from names. For example, the moth: https://www.ksmu.org/2022-04-18/a-common-moth-pest-had-a-slur-in-its-name-now-its-getting-a-makeover https://www.ksmu.org/2022-04-18/a-common-moth-pest-had-a-slu...