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In reply to the discussion: NYC_SKP has been banned [View all]digonswine
(1,487 posts)this is true.
I don't equate acknowledging the meanings of words as accepting being a victim.
I am glad that words do not hurt you-they shouldn't. But the fact remains that the way words are used absolutely hurts people.
Your idea that equality needs to apply equally to all is 100% true. I agree.
Words might mean something to you that does not translate to the population at large. Great--
You can say that d-- and c-- mean the same thing--if that is the case for you-then so be it. They have VERY different meanings as applied to different people.
This simply IS the case. It is true.
Your implication that I "pretend" to care about equality because I do not equate terms that are used in completely different ways is wrong-headed.
I am a man. I have been around for a long time. At no time-not once, not ever, have I heard d--- be used to mean anything other than jerk or asshole. I dare say that you have heard c--- used to refer to a "type" of female or just a female.
It is not about equality--if it was-I would agree with you. It is about the intent behind the use of terms.
I would like it if both terms were not used. But to pretend that they just reduce the other to the body part does not in any way represent the way they are used.
Frankly-claiming they are equivalent is a big dog-whistle for me. It's like when I hear people say that more whites are killed by police than African-Americans. There is almost always a reason why people bring it up-and it is never a good one.
By the way-I am not saying you are a racist!!!!