Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The good news is that you don’t need to understand. You just need to accept that this is the case because the people it hurts say so.

    You can also go learn about the history and understand if you want, but I’m also all for being lazy and just trusting the people who are impacted.

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      1 year ago

      this logic is so flawed honestly

      people can choose to “be hurt” by literally any word and it’s entirely subjective and ephemeral because what upsets them today may not tomorrow and what is ok changes just as easily

      word policing is just a losing battle no matter how you try and justify it and the massive sensitivity towards words just makes people look ridiculous

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        1 year ago

        That would only be true if we gave every single hurt feeling equal weight, but PoC in America have a long history of pretty blatant discrimination, specifically using the term “colored people”, so I don’t see much wrong with not using the phrase because they’ve asked you not to. It’s not like we’re entertaining every person that wants to be referred to as a “Hylian Deku scrub” or something.