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This may seem kind of stupid but I am kind of stupid, is there a list somewhere of phrases that are stupid or insensitive racially or gender biased? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said "well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip." And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn't occurred to me until it's already said.

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[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

where does everyone stand on cretin? IMHO it's medical use is obsolete afaik, so really it's just an insult right?

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I think it might have originated in the Bible. Paul says in Titus‬ ‭1:12‭-‬13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

"One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: 'Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.' This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith.

I always found it comical that Paul, the great apostle, endorsed this stereotype of the people of Crete.

[–] kboy101222@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's medical and insulting use are obsolete lmao

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I dunno man, cretin perfectly describes Trump....

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't it somebody that experienced an iodine deficiency in childhood. There's a particular look, he doesn't have it.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you're thinking of hypothyroidism (iodine deficiency)....

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I'm thinking of cretinism.

[–] kWazt@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's wealthy, or at least he's treated as such most of the time, so the word you're looking for is eccentric.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

No, shitbag, fuckwit and narcissistic treason douche are all more appropriate than eccentric.

being rich doesn't mean you can't be a fuckwit, and he's proven it time and again.