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  • KiaKaha [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah, this is the sort of thing I was angling at.

    Using slurs in a dehumanising way is obviously never good, and should be combatted.

    The question is whether the model for the N word (where it becomes taboo to even use the word) is preferable to reclamation, de-stigmatisation, or disassociation.

    ‘Idiot’ and ‘moron’ are good examples of that latter model. They’ve been thoroughly de-stigmatised, to the point where if you directed them at someone with a learning disorder, it wouldn’t even make sense.

    On the other hand, banning entire words is a pretty good way of signalling society-wide that certain approaches and views aren’t acceptable.

    I don’t have strong views one way or another here. I’d just like to see this discussed in left spaces from a strategic perspective, as usually when it’s discussed outside of left spaces it becomes a shitshow of litigating the basic existence of the targets.

    • Gorn [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      ‘Idiot’ and ‘moron’ are good examples of that latter model. They’ve been thoroughly de-stigmatised, to the point where if you directed them at someone with a learning disorder, it wouldn’t even make sense.

      I'm not really here to dive into a conversation, I just wanted to point out that I think this is wildly far from the truth. Not to say anything of your over-arching thought here or anything o7