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Are you implying that it is inherently racist to call a Korean person by their name?

• woodruffw 4y ago
  I think it's manifest that they aren't implying that. They said directly that the pun is the part they found objectionable.
  • anm89 4y ago
    I think it's manifest that they are. This person doesn't find puns as a linguistic tool to be offensive. Their angle is that the use of a Korean name to address a Korean person with that name makes this pun racist. If I made a pun about a guy named John is that racist? The only way that could be justified is if you somehow think it's shameful to be named John for some weird racial reason.
    • woodruffw 4y ago
      I’m not interested in a factual dispute over what the GP claimed. I’m only pointing out that they clearly took issue with the pun, and not the name itself.
      • anm89 4y ago
        The pun is the name. What else in the pun is there to be offended by except the name itself? I would seriously like to understand this.