• SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    I can think of quite a few. I presume I know the three you are talking about.

    Also we’re classifying slurs as words specifically used with the intent of attacking someone right.

    Not just a word people are offended by no matter the intent historically.

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        7 days ago

        Not really.

        What I mean is what if I started calling all Lemmy users lemmos and meant no offense, the word caught on too.

        But then Lemmy users hated it. So people stop using it.

        Is that a slur or not.

        Theres a lot of offensive words today that have a history like that. Where they were often descriptive words and not attacking words by intent of the user.