NomNom@feddit.ukBanned to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoLast poll for Paris 2025 elections. Second round. The anti-car candidate is at 36%. feddit.ukimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageLast poll for Paris 2025 elections. Second round. The anti-car candidate is at 36%. feddit.ukNomNom@feddit.ukBanned to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square56linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebrad_troika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI engaged with what you said, I said I dont think it’s right to base whether something is a slur based on the root meaning of the word. I think that’s incorrect and a little ridiculous.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWhich is why I proceeded to explain you the history of repression and discrimination of communists in western societies.
minus-squarebrad_troika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWhat does that have to do with whether tank being a weapon causes a word to be more oppressive or not?
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThen ignore the etymology and focus on the historical facts, what do you have to say about them?
I engaged with what you said, I said I dont think it’s right to base whether something is a slur based on the root meaning of the word. I think that’s incorrect and a little ridiculous.
Which is why I proceeded to explain you the history of repression and discrimination of communists in western societies.
What does that have to do with whether tank being a weapon causes a word to be more oppressive or not?
Then ignore the etymology and focus on the historical facts, what do you have to say about them?