Christians are the oppressive majority, yes. But where is the word or concept of “majority” in Rule 1? Your own words are “Remember that diversity and coexistence are Star Trek values.” - I love that!
Cracker is likewise a slur as well. Use it, or don’t, whatever, but it is a slur… right? I mean, wikipedia even says that it is: “Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a racial slur directed at white people”. That’s not a deep cut, it’s literally the first sentence on that page.
Use of slurs isn’t about what you, the slinger, feels, it is about how the recipient feels upon receipt. I do not call black people n- uh… nope, not going to finish that thought there. I do not call women cunts or whatever, I do call men “dick” or “jerk” or whatever, but that’s irrespective of gender, color, etc… and quite frankly that’s even in theory though I cannot now recall the last time I actually used it, either irl or even online.
More to the point, if the slur recipient did not feel hurt by use of the slur, then what is even the point of using an actual “slur”? Why not call a black man by “sir”? Why not call someone “madam”, as opposed to “broad”, if not to denigrate them? It’s certainly not a term of fucking endearment! A man calling a woman a “broad” is saying that he, a (implication: superior) male is looking down on her, an (inferior) female.
Anyway, use of slurs makes the recipients feel less “welcomed”. If you walked into a restaurant and someone said “be rite wit ya cracka”, you might think twice about eating there? Slurs focus on the “diversity” part, but not to enhance “coexistence” as in togetherness and making people feel welcomed, and rather acts to divide.
And I wasn’t asking you to delete the post or anything, just sharing my thoughts that I do not care to see people denigrated. Even when they are the oppressive majority. It divides, but the problem with divisions is that eventually they wrap back around to something that you do, finally, actually do care about: “First they came for…”.
I will add that imho it’s okay to be mad at Christianity: they deserve it:-P. But despite your feelings, are you going to sling slurs at them - and not even the handful of people that improperly abused their religion to hurt you, but half the people on the planet? Stupid, mislead, whatever else they may be - they, no “we”, are all humans here, aren’t we?
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Christians are the oppressive majority, yes. But where is the word or concept of “majority” in Rule 1? Your own words are “Remember that diversity and coexistence are Star Trek values.” - I love that!
Cracker is likewise a slur as well. Use it, or don’t, whatever, but it is a slur… right? I mean, wikipedia even says that it is: “Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a racial slur directed at white people”. That’s not a deep cut, it’s literally the first sentence on that page.
Use of slurs isn’t about what you, the slinger, feels, it is about how the recipient feels upon receipt. I do not call black people n- uh… nope, not going to finish that thought there. I do not call women cunts or whatever, I do call men “dick” or “jerk” or whatever, but that’s irrespective of gender, color, etc… and quite frankly that’s even in theory though I cannot now recall the last time I actually used it, either irl or even online.
More to the point, if the slur recipient did not feel hurt by use of the slur, then what is even the point of using an actual “slur”? Why not call a black man by “sir”? Why not call someone “madam”, as opposed to “broad”, if not to denigrate them? It’s certainly not a term of fucking endearment! A man calling a woman a “broad” is saying that he, a (implication: superior) male is looking down on her, an (inferior) female.
Anyway, use of slurs makes the recipients feel less “welcomed”. If you walked into a restaurant and someone said “be rite wit ya cracka”, you might think twice about eating there? Slurs focus on the “diversity” part, but not to enhance “coexistence” as in togetherness and making people feel welcomed, and rather acts to divide.
And I wasn’t asking you to delete the post or anything, just sharing my thoughts that I do not care to see people denigrated. Even when they are the oppressive majority. It divides, but the problem with divisions is that eventually they wrap back around to something that you do, finally, actually do care about: “First they came for…”.
I will add that imho it’s okay to be mad at Christianity: they deserve it:-P. But despite your feelings, are you going to sling slurs at them - and not even the handful of people that improperly abused their religion to hurt you, but half the people on the planet? Stupid, mislead, whatever else they may be - they, no “we”, are all humans here, aren’t we?
TLDR: CRACKER IS VERY MUCH A SLUR - look it up