More and more youtubers I watch namedrop Idubbbz and that he’s so funny and cool so I checked out his videos and straight up the first I saw started with him saying “I’m fine with bullying, make fun of people for being fat, autistic, whatever”.
Oooookay…… then…. sure?
If someone uses the word ‘retard’ it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ableist. If they don’t think that autistic people are lesser than them, they are not ableist.
If someone uses the word ‘nigger’, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re racist. If they don’t think that black people are lesser than them, they are not racist.
If someone uses the word ‘faggot’ it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re homophobic. If they don’t think that gay people are lesser than them, they are not homophobic.
If someone uses the word ‘tranny’ it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re transphobic. If they don’t think trans people are lesser than them, they are not transphobic.
If someone jokes about women belonging in the kitchen or whatever, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re misogynistic. If they don’t think women are lesser than them, they are not misogynistic.
Joking about something or using a certain word doesn’t mean you agree with it or condone it. Intent matters. Context matters. This has been a PSA.
All of those slurs were created specifically and purely to dehumanize and insult those people and MAKE THEM FEEL INFERIOR AND LESS THAN THEY ARE. If anyone uses those words, then they are everything you’re claiming they aren’t. Fuck off with this bullshit
I’m also not a mind reader and can only judge someone’s thoughts and intent by the outward expression of those thoughts (i.e. Oral and written communication). And more importantly, women, people of color, people with disabilities, and he LGBT community have all politely asked everyone not to use these slurs because they’re harmful and intimidate us. If you disregard our wishes and continue to use these slurs, guess what? You think we are lesser than you.
The funny feminist doesn’t like it when people make jokes
This fool thinks using slurs as a joke is edgy. Not all jokes are funny. Maybe laziest-levi would be a more appropriate moniker.
I could understand someone just not knowing a particular word is a slur. In that case, just let them know. There’s also the matter of people just not having come to a consensus that such or such word is or isn’t a slur or whether it’s reclaimed and by whom. But knowing a word is a slur and using it anyway, joke or not, is bullshit. You use the N word, you’re a racist, not just an overexcited gamer.
A good thread on whether “queer” is a slur and if it should be used or not.
THIS IS EVERYTHING.
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