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Can we use offensive language like slurs against race and sex and the disabled? Because I thought it would be fun on c/askhistorians to do a couple questions on where and why the words exist?
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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
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Basically like asking Where did the N word become synonomis with black people and so forth? Or the R word to disabled people? I just wondering is it in the context of the sub and question without being hurtful or offending the majority can we use said words in a relative knowledge based approach to gain clarity on controversial subjects?

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PragmaticOne lemmy.world PragmaticOne@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-17
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Why can’t you do what you have just done and omit the majority of the word? I know what you are referring to with R and N in this context..

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bloogoose lemmy.zip bloogoose@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-06-04
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Why can’t you do what you have just done and omit the majority of the word? I know what you are referring to with R and N in this context..
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PragmaticOne lemmy.world PragmaticOne@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-17
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Well I wasn’t going to call them out on it :/

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-06-13
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Well I wasn’t going to call them out on it :/

Never go full Tarantino.

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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-30
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Why can’t you do what you have just done and omit the majority of the word? I know what you are referring to with R and N in this context..

well last time I mean the N word in reqards to the Holocaust but everyone took it for African Americans. I used the R word and no one new or just assumed another word.

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Fedegenerate fedinsfw.app Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app
Joined: 2026-02-22
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Auster thebrainbin.org Auster@thebrainbin.org
Joined: 2024-10-28
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Titles aren't meant to be as long, and if it's not a bait, try to interpret whether what you write is not a provocation.

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