I saw a post that talked about racism towards people and when I talked about it the response I got was very heated and a person even called lemmy.world a community of ‘hitlerites’
I have been around for a week or so and this is my first time seeing such explicit vulgar reaction towards another community, is this a one-off or should I block hexbear?
Hate speech? Is “lib” a slur now? Are liberals a protected class? It’s not “hate speech” it’s just criticism of a political position.
Literally got banned from a world com for using “lib” as a slur. Honestly, they’re not a protected class but they’re such idiots post election loss that it might as well be a slur. They have zero self reflection and are blaming everybody but themselves for the landslide loss of the presidency, the house, the senate, state and local government positions. Everyone else just voted wrong and hates minorities you see.
“A pejorative word, phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something.[1] It is also used to express criticism, hostility, or disregard.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative
So yes, it’s a slur.
To be clear, If you truly believe lib is a slur, then you also believe “tankie” is a slur but is justified.
Rather than making a silly argument equating pejoratives for political positions being equal to slurs based on immutable characteristics, you could just not do that.
Lmao. Guess we better update the slur filter to remove all instances of the word “lib.” Sorry, am I allowed to say it in quotes like that, or is it too offensive? I wouldn’t want to offend your delicate lib sensibilities.
I feel for you.
Spare me the condesencion, lib.
Claims that “lib” is not a slur.
Is shown with a textbook definition that “lib” is indeed a slur in how it was used.
Resorts to insults.
Uses “lib” as a slur.
I feel like we’re making progress here.
Take this crybully shit back to Reddit, lib. It’s super fucked up for you to place “lib” on the same level of actually offensive shit and try to play the victim like this.
They’ve been total crybabies since they lost the election and can’t figure out why. When the left tells them how they fucked up they just ban leftist and continue crying. Great work libs! Rather lose to fascists than take a seat and let the left run things.
A time-honored tradition.