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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Less than a year for this site to turn into a shit hole. Well done buddy, you did it.

Just to re-state the comment I replied to for when it's inevitably gone:

The gave those coonasses guns. First mistake.

Classy.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn't "Coonass" what Cajun's call themselves though? Or am I missing something?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Huh, TIL. I honestly expected it to be related to a really old racist term and not to French

Coonass, or Coon-ass, is a term for a person of Cajun ethnicity. Some view it as derogatory, however many Cajuns embrace the name. The term is believed to originate from the French word conasse, meaning a fool.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No you're not missing anything, I think people are missing that detail and down voted out of ignorance

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Even got removed by a mod lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I let them know! Sure reads like a spicy comment initially. They can see what they think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I could tell it isn't a slur because lemmy.ml didn't remove it from my view, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Changed to they “delete their comment”, interesting!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Coonass is the name for Cajuns, they call each other that