Comment on UK cinema chain won’t screen new Ali G film

• alekwithak@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  George would like a word with you. .

  But putting aside the fact that no tf it isn’t, you cannot separate something from the context in which it originates. You don’t get to revise history because you don’t like a word that was used to make fun of white suburban kids who acted like black urban youth. Now if you want to tell me who that word is supposed to offend and why I’m all ears, or eyes, but I’m not gonna let you use a single word to invalidate me because you’ve got a victim complex.

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Say, out loud, what that word means.

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    • alekwithak@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’re gonna call me a dumbfuck with the same breath. Let’s set aside that I’ve already thoroughly refuted your insistence that it’s a slur, words meaning and their etymology are separate. Further when you censor historically accurate pejoratives from being used in their proper historical context you allow for the revision of that history. If you care about these out groups as much as your ridiculous comments suggest, then you’d want their struggle preserved accurately, no? Furthermore when you dismiss the message for choice of word you discount good messages entirely and allow bad actors to sneak damaging messaging past just because they more carefully selected their words.

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      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yes, because you’re a dumb fucking bastard complaining that being called a dumb fucking bastard is a slur equivalent to calling someone a white n-word, you

        Dumb

        Fuck

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