What is the best way to react, if someone calls you a degenerate? Just leave them, remembering the insult?
This type of insult targets disabled people specifically?
They’re probably far-right, which is why you find people in Nazi bars like MeanwhileOnGrad using it frequently: (credit to @Diva@lemmy.ml )
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In that sense, I’d react similarly to whenever a fascist, Zionist, etc. starts attacking me. None of their points hold any water, so just point that out.
“I’ll remember that.”
If thrown out sincerely, or with real vitriol, avoid. It’s pretty dehumanizing in such a sense.
But if it’s was a friend teasing you then that’s something else, just throw some insult back at them.
My friends and I call each other degenerate when we do things that are degenerate. Like playing wow until 6am. Or buying a taco bell burrito with the intention of reheating it the next day. Or binging some garbage reality show. It’s all in good fun.
I wouldn’t take it personally, it’s just a term that jokingly means “a person who has their shit together wouldn’t be doing that”, but we all have those things and they’re fun to take note of and laugh about.
I say “thank you, I try” and blow them a flirty kiss.
Calling someone a degenerate is their way of saying you have low/no morals etc. Is a lame insult used by people who think they have some high ground over you.
Like I’d imagine some fundamentalist Christian using it about skaters back in the 90s.
I’m not sure why it would be used to comment on disability.
If it’s not being used ironically or self deprecatingly I generally assume the person in question is a fash or some sort of right winger
Tell them to dengerate these nutz
“I like eating grilled cheese and playing with monster trucks”
What did you do?
No decent person would use the word degenerate. Just don’t interact if you can
I know a fairly large number of amazing people who use the word degenerate somewhat frequently. That said, they are all definitely degenerates and proud of it.
Reclamation is totally fine of course
I may not be a decent person, but I do have a discord channel called The Department of Degeneracy where we post dark, spicy, and doomer memes that would make grandma gasp and clutch her pearls.
Unless it’s a consensual sex thing
When I call someone a degenerate gambler I am not going after the disabled.
“Your opinion has no value”, or some variety thereof. Then get on with your day.
“I’ve seen what makes you people cheer, your boos mean nothing to me.”
“You wanna fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid”
Throw a dildo at them
Alternatively,
