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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz -2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

When I call a someone a cunt it's not exactly supposed to be a compliment.

[–] wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Do you also call someone an N word?

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

@Korhaka@sopuli.xyz

This is a much more relevant question.

Cunt and R slur are not even comparable. But n word and r slur are.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I wouldn't order them like that tbh for lest to most offensive. I would put cunt in the middle.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's that it's very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that's not gay a

Faggot
?

It's the implications of "this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult"

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Faggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn't be too bothered by it's usage

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago) (1 children)

The point ain't the word, it's this:

It's the implications of "this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult"

Also no, it's not American, it's British, they imported it later

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

It's more that faggot isn't really a word I would use not because it's too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant.

With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 18 minutes ago) (1 children)

Ah, so it's just that you're a prick and a homophobic one too, fair

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 minutes ago

Homophobic gays is an interesting concept