• Flying Squid
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      565 months ago

      I will speak to my fellow caucasians and say, “if you’re offended, lighten the fuck up, honky.”

    • @[email protected]
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      275 months ago

      I think the way it works is someone who is not a member of that group tells you it’s offensive

        • @[email protected]
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          135 months ago

          Me either, but it’s actually meant to be offensive whereas Caucasians is just a classification.

        • @RGB3x3
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          -45 months ago

          You would be if they had stolen your home and pranced around in a caricature costume of you through the stadium they built after bulldozing your land

          • Flying Squid
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            115 months ago

            Yes, but that’s the point. They didn’t do that to white people, so white people are in no position to be offended. Including me. Which is why I’m not only not offended, but find that highly appropriate.

            • @RGB3x3
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              35 months ago

              What is happening when white people are like “I’m not offended by this” is to minimize the offense that native Americans feel about the same thing.

              As if to say “I’m not offended, why are they?”

      • @Earthwormjim91
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        75 months ago

        Cracker isn’t an epithet that native Americans have ever used though.

        Paleface would be the matching slur to redskin.

    • @angrymouse
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      135 months ago

      The problem with the football teams is that usually the name of team is the name of a group of ppl that was almost exterminated and their descendants still pay the price and nobody cares while their name is used as something cool. Just using the name should not be that offensive.

      • @scutiger
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        115 months ago

        Except redskins is offensive. It’s not the name of a group of people, it’s an epithet describing them.

          • Flying Squid
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            55 months ago

            Were you going to show us this poll or were you just going to expect us to believe that quote of yours isn’t one you just made up?

            • @smooth_tea
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              5 months ago

              I like to omit the source sometimes just to draw out lazy comments like yours. It really shows that you’re not that interested but just want to argue. It’s the title of an article from one of the most prominent newspapers out there, it’d be the first result if you simply pasted it in Google, but rather than save yourself the embarrassment, you chose this route.

              Swing and a miss.

              The article is even better than the title.

              Among the Native Americans reached over a five-month period ending in April, more than 7 in 10 said they did not feel the word “Redskin” was disrespectful to Indians. An even higher number — 8 in 10 — said they would not be offended if a non-native called them that name.

              • Flying Squid
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                75 months ago

                Sorry, it’s not my job to find out whether or not you’re lying.

                • @smooth_tea
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                  -35 months ago

                  This is not about whether I’m lying or not, it’s about you preferring to stay ignorant, which proves the point that you don’t really care about the subject. If you want to close your eyes and pretend it’s nighttime, then it’s not my job to convince you otherwise.

                • @LemmysMum
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                  -35 months ago

                  When you’re trying to educate yourself that’s exactly your job.