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kleenbhole@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because it’s a hateful slur.

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  • kleenbhole@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So?

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    • UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You obviously haven’t had it used against you as a call to violence have you?

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      • kleenbhole@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No, I got called other words. Not banning them either.

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  • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s in a meme. Reading it doesn’t harm you.

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Censoring it doesn’t harm you, either. It’s a word that’s only purpose is to spread hate. Nothing of value is lost.

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      • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It does, because I call my bf a removed teasingly. And a lot of my gay friends do the same.

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  • ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Or a packet of cigarettes

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    • TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think you meant “fags”. Not quite the same word.

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      • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Derived from the same word, but an abbreviation of it.

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