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I often hear that people should treat slurs as badges of pride, like "bastard" in Game of Thrones. Is that strategy ever successful? Can you name any group in h
by cousin_it 12y ago
I often hear that people should treat slurs as badges of pride, like "bastard" in Game of Thrones. Is that strategy ever successful? Can you name any group in history that managed to reclaim a slur? I can't, so that seems like a losing strategy. The winning strategy is to come up with a better sounding name for the group, and then marginalize anyone who keeps using the slur.
- jessaustin 12y agoI think "queer" has been claimed. I haven't heard it used offensively in a long time. [EDIT: I'm not in that group, so perhaps my impressions are skewed, but twenty years ago I heard it all the time.]
- dingus33 12y agoYeah, my jew friends call each other kikes and own it. They're all millionaires now.