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[+] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone -9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It's a slur no matter what you're talking about: https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/793665456460447744

https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/788972407966859264

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[–] LwL@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 child)

It really isn't, it's the scientific term for a feature in a whole bunch of animals...

Like holy shit context matters, and I don't mean that in a "it's fine if it's not meant as an insult" way, because people have a right to ask to not be referred to a certain way regardless of intent.

But also the tumblr links ask me to log in so I can't tell if they would reveal this as sarcasm or they have an actually convincing argument.

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

It's been used as a slur against intersex people since medieval times, before someone decided to use it to talk about slugs and shit. You would know this if you actually listened to intersex people.

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[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's not a slur when used in proper context, and also are you really trying provide a random tumblr post as source?

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[+] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

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