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minus-squareMarkC568@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up51·11 months agoAnyone who tells you to “educate yourself” probably barely made it out of high school.
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoCensoring a slur doesn’t really make it less of a slur.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoFirst of all, you don’t need to censor yourself. Everyone knows what you wrote and the teacher isn’t going to get mad at you. Second, censoring slurs is still a slur. Cut it out. You know better, hence the censor, but you chose to be an asshole anyway.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·11 months agoNo I think it’s fair to use against people who SHOULD rightly be wiser than they are ever capable of demonstrating.
minus-squareget_the_reference_@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months ago"I only use the n-word when the black person I’m saying it to deserves it. " -you, probably
Anyone who tells you to “educate yourself” probably barely made it out of high school.
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Censoring a slur doesn’t really make it less of a slur.
First of all, you don’t need to censor yourself. Everyone knows what you wrote and the teacher isn’t going to get mad at you.
Second, censoring slurs is still a slur. Cut it out. You know better, hence the censor, but you chose to be an asshole anyway.
No I think it’s fair to use against people who SHOULD rightly be wiser than they are ever capable of demonstrating.
"I only use the n-word when the black person I’m saying it to deserves it. "
-you, probably