Got called a fucking terrorists after 9/11. I’m Mexican.
WTF tell me your not serous because that is insanely stupid and dangerous.
Not sure how old you are but calling brown people terrorists was extremely common after 9/11.
Im 40 and to be honest never thought of it.
I was first called a dyke then bull dyke in elementary school. I had no idea what it meant and the boy who was calling me that was hitting my head from his seat on the bus behind me. So I grabbed his backpack and and flipped him over the seat.
All the gay slurs were the most common to use against me. Though I did get called a n- lover a few times as well.
When I was younger I fought back physically and/ or verbally. As I got older I would just question the person on why what they were calling me was a bad thing.
Though I do think my favorite come back for any of the gay slurs when thrown by afab people would be saying: “yeah and trust me, it will never be an issue for you.” While giving them the up and down with a disgusted expression. Seeing the confusion then anger then confusion go across their faces was always amazing. They couldn’t argue with it other wise they would be saying they wanted to be seen as attractive by someone of the same sex.
All the examples you told, say absolutely nothing about you but tons of things about the other person.
They are basically shouting “LOOK AT ME, I’M A HATEFUL BIGOT!!”
Thats way worse then anything they could call you.That’s pretty advice, but doesn’t help much when you’re a kid who’s getting chronicly bullied while the adults look on.
I didn’t say this would help nor did I give any advice. I just stated my opinion about bigoted bullies.
Sorry you had to go thru that…nice comeback BTW…no sarcasm.
Not even 48h ago. Well in the end I involuntarily admitted the offender to hospital.
Worked on the ambulance. Basically got stopped by a member of the public and informed a guy acting strange in front of a shop. Had a look, got called a few very nasty slurs, called for police backup. Clearly the patient was of unsound mind, not orientated, etc. After some more talking the cops restrained him upon my advice and he got admitted to a somatic(normal) hospital. Whole trip was full of slurs towards everyone, even random passerbys.
Somatic hospital checked him throughly and then transferred him to a psychiatric hospital.
Ha, working in healthcare you get called every name and slur there is. Worst for me was emergency room and when I worked a specialised intoxication ward. You can really learn sonething and fill up your ‘alternative’ vocabulary.
One time that stayed with me, was a patient calling me a ‘Dictator’. But it was acute psychiatry and most patients were there on court order, so I kinda was dictating what they could and couldn’t do.
Damn. That sounds a lot like my own former workplaces.
Do you by any chance work for the MRI/RDI?
Completely ignore. If you respond in anyway, they achieve their purpose of being annoying.
If you respond in anyway, they achieve their purpose of being annoying.
I think that this is a good rule-of-thumb, but following it 100% of the time would be unwise. Sometimes you actually get a more desirable outcome by calling the person out, and gathering support against them.
I’m a trans PoC immigrant. I get catcalled and called slurs very frequently. Nowadays I mostly just ignore them unless they pose a danger.
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I am pretty hard to offend because I know they are trying to offend me and I know they are made of easily mechanically separated meat.
I grew up during a time where “gay” was a common insult in school. And being called that probably impacted me more than I gave it credit for… I guess some other things (I went through a lot of abuse in high school) but none stick out to me as such.
More recently, some bi male friends of mine have been using the bundle-of-sticks word to refer to me and others, so I’m wondering if that term in particular is being reclaimed.
Other than that, apart from an American friend not realising how problematic “special” is, I’ve not really been slurred at. I don’t think I’d take it very well though if it happened irl, given how sensitive I am…
I remember these times, and do I ever have regrets. We were all dumb kids at some point, and we really didn’t know as much as we thought we did. I’m sorry you had to deal with that.
I got called a white N-word by an African man because I was doing my job. I hung up on his ass after I realized what he was saying.
I’m embarrassed to say it was only a couple years ago when some white people got national attention for getting bent out of shape about being called “cracker” that I learned it doesn’t mean like, “bland and pale like a Saltine,” but is a reference to enslavers and their whips. I’d always thought it was kinda cute, like “Mayo-American.”
So I used to give a kind of “Yeah… you got me…” chuckle when called that, but now it just makes me sad and throws me into a bit of an existential crisis on behalf of my ancestors.
There is a charming Lemmy user who likes to call people “hags” after mining their comments to learn if they are of the lady persuasion. I do not yet, but plan to some day identify as a “swamp hag” so it feels preemptive, but a bit exciting.
Not laughing at you being called a cracker but laughing because swamp hag made me think of Poison Ivy from the DC comics. And until this post did I even think cracker was related to slavery. I always thought its because I am white and look like a Saltine. Thank you for the education …no sarcasm
At least in certain circles, “hag” has been claimed by older women in a joking fashion. Still, for someone to go digging into comment history just to be able to use that is kinda mental.
I’d forgotten about r/oldhagfashion from the other place. I do miss it. I don’t think my hag fashion is on point enough yet to start it myself though. Someday.
Where do we draw the line for slur?
I’m sure we can all agree that one word that starts with N would count, but what about doo-doo-head, dumbass, or fatso?
As a student of history I could mention a couple besides the N word that probably no one uses today. But I don’t want to get banned.
Not giving a single fuck like it should be.
Yes, many times and mostly I ignored it.
Good for you …no sarcasm.
I was called “gay” multiple times in my life. I’m aroace.
Can you tell I hate living in Morocco?
A hexbear called me a “chaser” because I said my wife is a femboy. I laughed it off because I don’t care what transphobic children believe.
