• amio@kbin.social
    27·
    9 months ago

    I’ve seen this without the slur, but it’s still weird that people are out here trying to redefine specific, well-defined, unambiguous, basic, and universal English terms. Not as a metaphor, not even as a bit, or attempted point (luckily, as it wouldn’t have been a good one), just using a term in a way apparently nobody else ever does.

    • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
      181·
      9 months ago

      I was discussing with somebody about privilege IRL. They told me they didn’t believe the word “privilege” existed. I was like do you want to use a different word? They were like no, the word and concept just doesn’t exist.

      I’m very sure this person was just an idiot and didn’t have malicious intent. But still, wow.

      • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
        111·
        9 months ago

        out of fairness, they might have had malicious intent (edit missed that this was IRL, my bad. this comment probably doesn’t apply to your situation apologies. leaving it up with this disclaimer as i think it’s valuable)

        language has a lot of power. the ability to accurately describe one’s condition and identity is absolutely required in order for organization, and therefore change, to happen.

        that’s why conservatives get so worked up over gender pronouns and words like “cisgender.” they are well aware that a community that is denied language to describe itself is nothing more than a set of individuals.

        if you deny the word “privilege” then you deny by extension the word “unprivileged” and then you are left without a word for the millions of people lacking basic education, income, housing etc to describe themselves.

        (im vaguely aware this was the plot to that one george orwell novel)

        • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          9 months ago

          “One must live in a privileged position to believe privilege does not exist.”

          — Me, just now.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      yes! thank you for this analysis.

      besides the casual bigotry, the wanton disregard for useful semantics is exactly what i wanted to call out as it seems especially unique to internet spaces.

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
    261·
    9 months ago

    Comment - (This) would solve a lot of problems for millions of people

    Lemmy user - Yes but I’ve thought of an incredibly niche situation where that would negatively affect one person in ten million so you’re just pure unadulterated evil

  • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
    17·
    9 months ago

    „Why would you use it like that?“

    „It made sense to me, sorry if that was wrong.“

    Slur

    Is how I perceive it.

    • AweEnglish
      101·
      9 months ago

      Why would you think like that? No one on the internet (especially OP) would apologize for potentially being wrong smh.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    16·
    9 months ago

    Lemmy Pro Tip: After 2 replies you can usually tell if the conversation is going anywhere productive. If it’s not, then tell them as such in your 3rd reply, wish them a pleasant day, and move on with your life.

  • BallsandBayonets@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 months ago

    Everything has happened before, everything will happen again. Shit people aren’t a fault of reddit, or facebook, or whatever will come after lemmy. Shit people will always be.

    • foggy@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I have someone tagged as ‘argued home v house; is twat’ to remind me they started an argument that boiled down to them not agreeing that a house is equal to a home, and at that point I think I told him to sit on a cucumber, downvotes him, and tagged him so I know never to engage with the twat again.

      • magicbeans@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        oh damn. i had a similar conversation! i don’t use whatever app it is that lets you tag people so i don’t do that.

  • magicbeans@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    the two i keep running into are “harm reduction” and “fascism”, but “tautology” had a minute in the sun last week…

    this is not an invitation to share your (incorrect) opinion on these terms.