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They've got a point!

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They've got a point!

octopus_ink@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it’s not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

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The meaning of the word has changed to mean exactly those people. The right did that and they did it very effectively, and that’s how the silent majority see it.

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