“Better” than everyone else is a low bar. We can always do better. Why should women settle if we think leftists can do better? Would you tell me as a Gypsy I think leftists can struggle with racism that at least you’re not a Nazi… come on now.
Okay would you prefer I say leftists have a problem with it vs the left? English isn’t my first language so idk if that is a different meaning. To me It just seems like you want to ignore the valid issues I presented.
edit: also many of us here critic leftists many times. we shouldn’t think we are incapable of being critiqued.
That was putting words into my mouth then. My post was moreso “as leftists we shouldn’t use the word because we should know better.”
Also that’s your opinion. I do think language is important. If I don’t want men calling me bitch or white people calling me Gypsy, than they shouldn’t compare me to conservatives or try to make it seem like my point is undermining the leftist cause.
Well I have also seen nonwhite leftists be compared to conservatives for critiquing white leftists who are racist and I didn’t like that comparison either. There is a difference between leftists critiquing each other vs conservatives and I’d trust us all to be smart enough to know that
Gypsy is a much more complex word than people think. I don’t consider it a slur, most Gypsies don’t. Most Americans don’t know who Romani people are either so it’d usually necessary to say
I’ve answered this before if you wanna scroll through my comments for a more detailed reply but yes. Also inb4 you say it, this does not mean I think men can say bitch. Gypsy is not a slur and so it’s more complex
I hate the comparison of Gypsy to the N word tbh it always feels undermining antiblackness to me. Many of us call ourselves Gypsy and Gypsy is not usually used as an insult. Other words for us are bad like tsigane or cigani. Some of those literally mean “slave”
“Better” than everyone else is a low bar. We can always do better. Why should women settle if we think leftists can do better? Would you tell me as a Gypsy I think leftists can struggle with racism that at least you’re not a Nazi… come on now.
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Okay would you prefer I say leftists have a problem with it vs the left? English isn’t my first language so idk if that is a different meaning. To me It just seems like you want to ignore the valid issues I presented.
edit: also many of us here critic leftists many times. we shouldn’t think we are incapable of being critiqued.
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That was putting words into my mouth then. My post was moreso “as leftists we shouldn’t use the word because we should know better.”
Also that’s your opinion. I do think language is important. If I don’t want men calling me bitch or white people calling me Gypsy, than they shouldn’t compare me to conservatives or try to make it seem like my point is undermining the leftist cause.
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Well I have also seen nonwhite leftists be compared to conservatives for critiquing white leftists who are racist and I didn’t like that comparison either. There is a difference between leftists critiquing each other vs conservatives and I’d trust us all to be smart enough to know that
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For a mod you really shouldn't say gypsy.
I’m Romani Gypsy…
Oh no... I thought it was a slur.
Gypsy is a much more complex word than people think. I don’t consider it a slur, most Gypsies don’t. Most Americans don’t know who Romani people are either so it’d usually necessary to say
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I’ve answered this before if you wanna scroll through my comments for a more detailed reply but yes. Also inb4 you say it, this does not mean I think men can say bitch. Gypsy is not a slur and so it’s more complex
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I hate the comparison of Gypsy to the N word tbh it always feels undermining antiblackness to me. Many of us call ourselves Gypsy and Gypsy is not usually used as an insult. Other words for us are bad like tsigane or cigani. Some of those literally mean “slave”
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