TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoThe consequences (of my actions) have been extremelemm.eeimagemessage-square347fedilinkarrow-up1945arrow-down124file-text
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minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 days agoim sorry are we equating cocksucker, and the n word to be on the same level of offensive slur?
minus-squareRedfox8@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoNo, the discussion was not about whether different words were of equal or differing offensiveness. My discussion is about what saying ‘it’s a power thing’ actually means and how it relates to abusive behaviour.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoi suppose that’s fair. But it’s also an insult. They’re not meant to be nice.
minus-squareRedfox8@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoExactly! Which was my original point that this ‘power thing’ is about using/tied to abusive/instluting behaviour rather than something separate.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agowell yeah, it’s an insult. That’s like looking at a gun, and then being really confused when it’s capable of killing somebody. Insults aren’t commonly derived from compliments, they’re often derived from offensive terminology, or context. That’s arguably the whole point.
im sorry are we equating cocksucker, and the n word to be on the same level of offensive slur?
No, the discussion was not about whether different words were of equal or differing offensiveness. My discussion is about what saying ‘it’s a power thing’ actually means and how it relates to abusive behaviour.
i suppose that’s fair. But it’s also an insult. They’re not meant to be nice.
Exactly! Which was my original point that this ‘power thing’ is about using/tied to abusive/instluting behaviour rather than something separate.
well yeah, it’s an insult. That’s like looking at a gun, and then being really confused when it’s capable of killing somebody.
Insults aren’t commonly derived from compliments, they’re often derived from offensive terminology, or context. That’s arguably the whole point.