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Slurs becoming normalized in 2024? (hexbear.net)
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Maybe the solution is to stay off Twitter, but it's very disturbing to see the normalization of slurs happening in real time on there. White people saying the n-word with approval, the return of saying "gay" as a pejorative, lots of casual racism against Indian men, using the r-slur to describe something seen as stupid. I don't know whether this is a larger cultural lurch to the right, or whether it's mostly attributed to Musk's elimination of quality control and monitors on the platform.

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[-] Thallo@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah, been seeing f*ggot used a lot

[-] PoisonIvy@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This has been what I assume is a reclamation effort but I am still a bit wary of it. That word was the calling card of abuse back when I was growing up closeted so if that is what's going on I don't want to harsh the kids' mellow but I'm not in any hurry to take it back.

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