• @[email protected]OP
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          87 months ago

          generically speaking yes i might encourage you to find a way to insult people without trivializing the experiences and loss of those suffering from the disease and their loved ones.

          in the specific case where it is a descriptive metaphor and not an insult, e.g. “multiplies like cancer,” that’s probably fine. but if you’re using it as an insult, i for one will not come to your defense.

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            7 months ago

            The Dutch are in shambles lmao

            But I’m not sure how it trivializes it. Using it as an indicator of a bad thing is meant to indicate how much that thing sucks. You’re calling things cancer because how much cancer sucks

    • @TotallynotJessica
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      157 months ago

      It does suck. So much defense of American imperialism and capitalism from older liberals.