They're homonyms. The racist term and the anti-government term look and sound the same, but they have no relation to one another. It's pretty easy to tell which one is being used through context.
eat shit, moron. It's not a racist word, it doesn't even occur to me that it was used as racist slang at some point in time in some geographic locations. And nobody is going to stop using it because of that.
I misspoke when I called it a more accurate translation- as far as I understand, geist was the original term, though I haven't read Stirner in the original German so I can't confirm that for myself.
"Spook" is an older translation that just seemed to stick for some reason- a more modern translation might be something like "ghost", but honestly I think geist will work fine on its own.
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S****s is a racist term. We should stop using it
They're homonyms. The racist term and the anti-government term look and sound the same, but they have no relation to one another. It's pretty easy to tell which one is being used through context.
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I mean, context clues give clarity.
https://metro.co.uk/2015/02/01/us-army-deletes-removed-in-armor-tweet-after-race-controversy-5044726/ for example
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Are you not "the left"?
Why is the relevant to what I was saying?
stfu
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eat shit, moron. It's not a racist word, it doesn't even occur to me that it was used as racist slang at some point in time in some geographic locations. And nobody is going to stop using it because of that.
hmm
Apparently comrade dirt_mill is on too high of a horse to link some discussions about word :shrug-outta-hecks:
Which does bring some valid points, doesn’t hurt to be mindful
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I've heard people use geists. Apparently it's a more accurate translation anyway
What is the original word
I misspoke when I called it a more accurate translation- as far as I understand, geist was the original term, though I haven't read Stirner in the original German so I can't confirm that for myself.
"Spook" is an older translation that just seemed to stick for some reason- a more modern translation might be something like "ghost", but honestly I think geist will work fine on its own.
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Oh. I have no idea why I didn't read it that way, that makes much more sense anyway