EmotionalSupportLancet comments on What's the deal with liberals suddenly calling people on here "troglodytes", is it just because it's offensive but won't get them jumped for ableism?

What's the deal with liberals suddenly calling people on here "troglodytes", is it just because it's offensive but won't get them jumped for ableism? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 years ago* by HornyOnMain@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Over the last week I could swear I've seen way more LIB types suddenly throwing around the word troglodyte left right and centre

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[+] EmotionalSupportLancet@hexbear.net 40 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 23 points 3 years ago (2 children)

They look cool but their defining trait is smelling so bad it literally harms you

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[+] EmotionalSupportLancet@hexbear.net 25 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] Waldoz53@hexbear.net 14 points 3 years ago

same

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[–] pooh@hexbear.net 21 points 3 years ago

Yeah that's pretty bad ass tbh

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[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 3 points 3 years ago

While we're at RPGs, trog as the short form of troglodyte is a racist slur used against orks and trolls in the Shadowrun setting. In-universe, it's also n-word levels of offensive, particularly because orks and trolls are the main racialized other within the game world. So as somebody who's not a first language English speaker and has never seen any use of the term troglodyte outside of TTRPGs at all, it comes off super fucking weird (to say the least) when half of the redditors on here are suddenly using what i know mostly as the cyber-tolkien slur as their favorite insult.

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