corianderstem
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And of course context matters, but try and understand that it's not just some silly "ooh, that's a bad word reaction."
Please understand some of us might be "uptight" about it because if we are unlucky enough to be hearing it in person, it's being yelled to us by a guy whose catcalling or advances we've ignored, and now we are just thinking we should get the fuck out of there.
Use the word, don't use the word, whatever. But don't get all high and mighty about people having real life experiences with the connotation in which it is often heard here.
Say a really offensive racial word that men yell at Jews or African-Americans?
So only men use those racial words?
That was part of my point. Men use the c-word here for a particular reason.
Would people be defending their casual use of any other offensive word but that one?
Say a really offensive racial word that men yell at Jews or African-Americans?
Woah, woah, this is some crazy false equivalence.
On the plus side, I probably wouldn't understand their accents well enough to know they said it. I'd just be there smiling and nodding.
I don't think so.
If Australians used "******" or "kyke" like they use "cunt", then came here and defended it as commonplace, then got all huffy when American blacks, Jews, or women called them out on it, would it be the same thing?
Neither did LN7, the Glaswegians were just saying "can't" but he misheard.
In all seriousness, it's one of the most difficult native English accents to understand, in my opinion.
In all seriousness, it's one of the most difficult native English accents to understand, in my opinion.
I was up in northern Scotland way back when, and a Texan and a Scotswoman were conversing in English and they could not understand a word the other was saying.
I don't think so.
If Australians used "******" or "kyke" like they use "cunt", then came here and defended it as commonplace, then got all huffy when American blacks, Jews, or women called them out on it, would it be the same thing?
There is a world of difference between a swear word and a racial slur.
I was up in northern Scotland way back when, and a Texan and a Scotswoman were conversing in English and they could not understand a word the other was saying.
The better question... did you understand what either of them were saying?
Does race take precedence over other prejudices?
Oh for fuck's sake. I'm not going to dignify this nonsense ...
The point is that they are all words used to denigrate, not that one is "worse" than the other.
Whether or not you find it ridiculous, it is still an asshole move to make it a point to repeatedly use a word you know someone finds offensive after they’ve told you they find it offensive.