I'll start: "Shoving x down our throats"

the amount of people who have told me i'm one of the good ones because "at least you don't shove gayness down our throats," or "i'm fine with it if they dont shove it down our throats" has made me cringe whenever i hear that phrase used in any context, even harmlessly. how about you guys?

  • booty [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    I still don't think this one is used enough as a slur to retire. Using it as a slur would make me think you're literally a boomer, it's not common. Using it to refer to feds is more common, and using it to mean "scare" is even more common than that, so it's basically just a normal word

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      5 months ago

      Using it as a slur would make me think you're literally a boomer

      I am old and I've heard it used as a slur in person, but I have seen it used innocently enough by most normal people that it's been like reclaimed.

      • pooh [she/her, any]
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        5 months ago

        I am fairly old but I've never heard it used anywhere outside of Back to the Future. I'm also not from the south, though.