I may swear like a pirate, but I'm a fucking PRINCIPLED pirate
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I cant believe i have to explain this but...
There's lots of ways you can refer to people. Some are respectful, some are not.
This might shock you but some parents teach their kids to be respectful of others. Avoiding labelling people in ways they might not appreciate is a good start.
It may be a "fact" that someone is an "illegal immigrant" but I'm sure you can see that term is intended to portray the person in a specific way.
Its also a fact that such a person is an undocumented migrant trying to feed their family, or maybe even an asylum seekers fleeing persecution.
So yes, representing facts in a racist way is racist. Well done.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I mean, the words themselves are not an insult, it’s the context they are used in that make them an insult. If you don’t insult people then you don’t have to worry about what words are insults and what aren’t.
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Yarhaarrharrr ye facist curr
wrote last edited by [email protected]The post suggests that profanity is harmless because it is not as destructive as slurs or dehumanizing language. That comparison is flawed. Swearing may not carry the same moral weight as racism or bigotry, but that does not make it “good.” An act being less wrong than another does not make it right. Killing in self-defense is not celebrated as morally pure, it is tolerated as the lesser evil in a tragic circumstance. Likewise, profanity may be tolerated as less harmful than hatred, but it still coarsens language and weakens self-discipline. To hold children to a higher standard, one should avoid both the greater and the lesser corruptions of speech.
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Unpopular opinion: profanity is massively overhyped and people that excessively swear tend to irk me. There are so many ways to passionately express emotion, at least in the English language, yet so many are fascinated with only a few. The word "fuck" in particular loses all gravitas after hearing it 150 times a day for most of my life. I've had to stop watching certain shows because swearing felt so excessively forced to perhaps come across as edgy, and it broke all immersion for me.
Ay switch to cunt. It really has a lot of "gravitas"
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I cant believe i have to explain this but...
There's lots of ways you can refer to people. Some are respectful, some are not.
This might shock you but some parents teach their kids to be respectful of others. Avoiding labelling people in ways they might not appreciate is a good start.
It may be a "fact" that someone is an "illegal immigrant" but I'm sure you can see that term is intended to portray the person in a specific way.
Its also a fact that such a person is an undocumented migrant trying to feed their family, or maybe even an asylum seekers fleeing persecution.
So yes, representing facts in a racist way is racist. Well done.
I'm sure you can see that term is intended to portray the person in a specific way.
No, it's just a normal term, intended to convey that the person is an immigrant, and that they didn't follow the legal process. Those are just the basic facts about that person's situation with respect to the law. The legality of their immigration status is often the focus of the discussion. For example, it's easy to take advantage of illegal immigrants because they might be afraid to go to the police due to their immigration status.
The term has been in use for almost 150 years. Sometimes clinical labels become pejorative over time. But, it doesn't seem like that's the case here. A right-winger is much more likely to say "illegals" or "illegal aliens", if not just using some slur like "wetback".
Alternative terms that have been proposed are much less precise. For example, "undocumented migrant" is horrible. Not only is "migrant" less specific than "immigrant", because immigration is a subset of migration, "undocumented" is much less accurate than "illegal". Most people in a country illegally have documentation, they have passports, birth certificates, sometimes even local driver's licenses. The issue isn't that they lack documentation. The issue is that they aren't following the laws related to migration. Others like "undocumented noncitizen" or "undocumented American" are even worse. What does "American" even mean in that context? Is a fiercely loyal British person who is legally in the US on a work visa a "documented American"?
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A couple of nights ago I was in the car with my 8 year old daughter and Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against the Machine came on... my instinct was to skip to the next song, but then I thought "No, this is a song she needs to hear" because if she has questions she knows that she can ask.
A couple of songs later, it was Closer by NIN... I immediately skipped to the next song.
"fuck you I won't do what you told me"
Man... Always gets the blood boiling! Such a good song!
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The post suggests that profanity is harmless because it is not as destructive as slurs or dehumanizing language. That comparison is flawed. Swearing may not carry the same moral weight as racism or bigotry, but that does not make it “good.” An act being less wrong than another does not make it right. Killing in self-defense is not celebrated as morally pure, it is tolerated as the lesser evil in a tragic circumstance. Likewise, profanity may be tolerated as less harmful than hatred, but it still coarsens language and weakens self-discipline. To hold children to a higher standard, one should avoid both the greater and the lesser corruptions of speech.
Holy shit, that’s a good point.
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The post suggests that profanity is harmless because it is not as destructive as slurs or dehumanizing language. That comparison is flawed. Swearing may not carry the same moral weight as racism or bigotry, but that does not make it “good.” An act being less wrong than another does not make it right. Killing in self-defense is not celebrated as morally pure, it is tolerated as the lesser evil in a tragic circumstance. Likewise, profanity may be tolerated as less harmful than hatred, but it still coarsens language and weakens self-discipline. To hold children to a higher standard, one should avoid both the greater and the lesser corruptions of speech.
Nice try Tik Tok
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The post suggests that profanity is harmless because it is not as destructive as slurs or dehumanizing language. That comparison is flawed. Swearing may not carry the same moral weight as racism or bigotry, but that does not make it “good.” An act being less wrong than another does not make it right. Killing in self-defense is not celebrated as morally pure, it is tolerated as the lesser evil in a tragic circumstance. Likewise, profanity may be tolerated as less harmful than hatred, but it still coarsens language and weakens self-discipline. To hold children to a higher standard, one should avoid both the greater and the lesser corruptions of speech.
What is the real difference between 'fuck" and 'frak'? Or 'god damn' and 'gosh darn'. They mean the exact same thing but one is bad and one is fine? That's just dumb.
We don't censor our kids except by situation. They can swear at home but not at school, for example. But that's mostly because of how general society perceives swear words and not the words themselves.
Words are given power through meaning. We teach our kids about meaning. And words to hurt others are not allowed. Saying fuck is fine but calling someone a fucker is not. But we don't allow them to call someone stupid, either.
Racist/dehumanizing words have power through meaning, not really the words themselves. The words just end up changing because those racists still want to convey what they mean. Teach people to be better about the meaning of what they say, not the specific words they use.
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The post suggests that profanity is harmless because it is not as destructive as slurs or dehumanizing language. That comparison is flawed. Swearing may not carry the same moral weight as racism or bigotry, but that does not make it “good.” An act being less wrong than another does not make it right. Killing in self-defense is not celebrated as morally pure, it is tolerated as the lesser evil in a tragic circumstance. Likewise, profanity may be tolerated as less harmful than hatred, but it still coarsens language and weakens self-discipline. To hold children to a higher standard, one should avoid both the greater and the lesser corruptions of speech.
That's dumb as shit.
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The post suggests that profanity is harmless because it is not as destructive as slurs or dehumanizing language. That comparison is flawed. Swearing may not carry the same moral weight as racism or bigotry, but that does not make it “good.” An act being less wrong than another does not make it right. Killing in self-defense is not celebrated as morally pure, it is tolerated as the lesser evil in a tragic circumstance. Likewise, profanity may be tolerated as less harmful than hatred, but it still coarsens language and weakens self-discipline. To hold children to a higher standard, one should avoid both the greater and the lesser corruptions of speech.
Get fucked.
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Unpopular opinion: profanity is massively overhyped and people that excessively swear tend to irk me. There are so many ways to passionately express emotion, at least in the English language, yet so many are fascinated with only a few. The word "fuck" in particular loses all gravitas after hearing it 150 times a day for most of my life. I've had to stop watching certain shows because swearing felt so excessively forced to perhaps come across as edgy, and it broke all immersion for me.
That's a popular opinion. I agree though, if you're going to swear, make it count. Bonus points for creativity, you fucking festering anal fistula
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A couple of nights ago I was in the car with my 8 year old daughter and Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against the Machine came on... my instinct was to skip to the next song, but then I thought "No, this is a song she needs to hear" because if she has questions she knows that she can ask.
A couple of songs later, it was Closer by NIN... I immediately skipped to the next song.
Oh no! Stinkfist came on!
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The post suggests that profanity is harmless because it is not as destructive as slurs or dehumanizing language. That comparison is flawed. Swearing may not carry the same moral weight as racism or bigotry, but that does not make it “good.” An act being less wrong than another does not make it right. Killing in self-defense is not celebrated as morally pure, it is tolerated as the lesser evil in a tragic circumstance. Likewise, profanity may be tolerated as less harmful than hatred, but it still coarsens language and weakens self-discipline. To hold children to a higher standard, one should avoid both the greater and the lesser corruptions of speech.
What a fucking dweeb posting a shittier post on a shitpost golf clap
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I'm sure you can see that term is intended to portray the person in a specific way.
No, it's just a normal term, intended to convey that the person is an immigrant, and that they didn't follow the legal process. Those are just the basic facts about that person's situation with respect to the law. The legality of their immigration status is often the focus of the discussion. For example, it's easy to take advantage of illegal immigrants because they might be afraid to go to the police due to their immigration status.
The term has been in use for almost 150 years. Sometimes clinical labels become pejorative over time. But, it doesn't seem like that's the case here. A right-winger is much more likely to say "illegals" or "illegal aliens", if not just using some slur like "wetback".
Alternative terms that have been proposed are much less precise. For example, "undocumented migrant" is horrible. Not only is "migrant" less specific than "immigrant", because immigration is a subset of migration, "undocumented" is much less accurate than "illegal". Most people in a country illegally have documentation, they have passports, birth certificates, sometimes even local driver's licenses. The issue isn't that they lack documentation. The issue is that they aren't following the laws related to migration. Others like "undocumented noncitizen" or "undocumented American" are even worse. What does "American" even mean in that context? Is a fiercely loyal British person who is legally in the US on a work visa a "documented American"?
Describing a person as an "illegal" immigrant is dehumanizing, given that only acts can be legal or illegal, not people.
"Undocumented" immigrant is the generally accepted term.
It doesn't really matter which you feel is the more accurate or better term. For all intents and purposes they have the same meaning, and one is clearly more dignified than the other.
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I mean, the words themselves are not an insult, it’s the context they are used in that make them an insult. If you don’t insult people then you don’t have to worry about what words are insults and what aren’t.
I don't really understand what you're getting at.
Obviously there are words which are in themselves an insult. There are also words which are not, and there's a spectrum of different words in between which are more insulting or less insulting or insulting in specific circumstances.
Undocumented migrant is clearly a more dignified way to describe someone than describing them as an "illegal" immigrant.
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A couple of nights ago I was in the car with my 8 year old daughter and Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against the Machine came on... my instinct was to skip to the next song, but then I thought "No, this is a song she needs to hear" because if she has questions she knows that she can ask.
A couple of songs later, it was Closer by NIN... I immediately skipped to the next song.
Hahaha, now next time you tell her to clean her room or something, she'll say "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"
Seriously, though, I think you made the right choice. Good on you, and it sounds like you've got good music tastes!
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Oh no! The evil people have all the commercially available flame throwers!
Flame thrower? Don't need that just a bottle of lighter fluid, a Bic, and a can of hairspray will do the trick. We call it the hick bee annihilator, my uncle nearly burnt down the garage when I was 2.
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I don't really understand what you're getting at.
Obviously there are words which are in themselves an insult. There are also words which are not, and there's a spectrum of different words in between which are more insulting or less insulting or insulting in specific circumstances.
Undocumented migrant is clearly a more dignified way to describe someone than describing them as an "illegal" immigrant.
There are some, but “illegal immigrant” isn’t. Calling someone a fucking idiot is an indult. Calling someone an illegal immigrant to their face can be an insult, but the words themselves are fine, it’s crazy how people are insulted by what is effectively a description. Not like idiot or moron which is obviously “tagging” someone with something they aren’t. Or calling someone an illegal immigtant when they aren’t just because you don’t like them. Undocumented migrant is fine for now, next thing you know even that’s not dignified enough. The same way retard became handicapped and suddenly out of nowhere handicap is not dignified enough, so it became disabled.
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Oh no! Stinkfist came on!
The ol' Stinkfist got some new exposure via Alien Earth's credits. A wiley crew, that Noah Hawley & team.
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You best start believing in lemmy shit posts, you're in one.
Praise be!
