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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

by your definition words lose meaning when they're overused.

if that's the case then why has the "n" word never lost its strength as an oppressive word?

I think it's because words don't lose meaning. I think it's because Nazis brainwash people into thinking labeling Nazis as Nazis is wrong and should be used to label real assholes. problem with that is that Nazis come in many forms.

So..I'll keep calling Nazis, Nazis, and you keep disagreeing with me.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

why has the "n" word never lost its strength as an oppressive word?

Tbf, it has to an extent, hence the "A" VS "hard R" distinction. The power was taken back as they say through repeated usage, some would call overuse, by the community who is allowed to say it. Other communities still aren't allowed to say it sure, but it did contextually lose power through overuse.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

try using it sometime, tell us if it's lost some of its power.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You don't know if I'm allowed to or not. Oh wait I forgot everyone on the internet is a white american man, right?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

go on then. use it right now... let's see if it still works!

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)