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Almost anything can be a slur in some context. Back in the '90s, people would say "oh he's 'special'" as a slur. That being said, in a world like we live in t
by gwbas1c 1y ago
Almost anything can be a slur in some context.
Back in the '90s, people would say "oh he's 'special'" as a slur.
That being said, in a world like we live in today, pretty much anything you say or do will offend someone for some obscure reason that you just can't reasonably anticipate.
It's in these contexts that I think the most appropriate response is "get a life."
- overscore 1y ago> Almost anything can be a slur in some context. Eh, this is a very particular and long-standing racist term, and the meaning used by the authors is derived from the slur, so it's not incidental.
- gwbas1c 1y agoThis does not look like a slur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tinker https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tinker There's also rather significant modern use of "tinker": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_(disambiguation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_(disambiguation) It appears that you're getting stuck on "tinkers", which is mentioned in the above disambiguation page: > Tinkers, an alternate (and often pejorative) name Anyway, language is malleable and changes. In this case, I will again emphasize "get a life."
- overscore 1y agoTinker was a Traveller slur long before the verb - denying that is just wilful ignorance itself. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tinker https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tinker
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