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[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen"[S] 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I agree with this. Even if it's offensive. If I wanna call myself the big bad f word, that's my business tbh

[–]mvmlego 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

If I wanna call myself the big bad f word, that's my business tbh

I'm not a fan of that, to be honest. The notion that some people are allowed to use certain words in a targeted fashion (in other words, to actually refer to particular people) but other people aren't allowed to use it even nominally,* is toxic to discourse.

*https://nypost.com/2020/08/03/tcu-players-revolt-after-coach-gary-patterson-allegedly-used-racial-slur/

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen"[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What does a racial slur have to deal with saying the f word? They're not comparable. Also why tell me you don't agree with me calling myself (BLOCKED WORD BEEP BEEP THOUGHTCRIME ALERT UH OH) but then go on to say it's bad if people can't use certain words neutrally???

[–]mvmlego 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What does a racial slur have to deal with saying the f word?

The principle encompasses slurs in general, and both of them are slurs.

tell me [why] you don't agree with me calling myself (BLOCKED WORD BEEP BEEP THOUGHTCRIME ALERT UH OH) but then go on to say it's bad if people can't use certain words neutrally???

I think there's an important distinction between targeted usage and nominative usage--but since the distinction is fundamentally intuitive to me, I'm struggling to explain it. I think it's analogous to how it would clearly be reasonable for somebody to feel offended by me saying to them "you are a moron", but it would clearly be unreasonable for them to feel insulted by me saying a sentence like "the word 'moron' has five letters".