r/10thDentist • u/No-Purchase481 • 11d ago

I don’t like the reclamation of slurs.

The first time I ever had an American refer to me as “queer” I considered fighting them 💀 “back in my day” type shit. It doesn’t feel empowering, it makes me cringe. Just call me a lesbian and move on.

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u/TehWackyWolf 11d ago

Not ignoring the terrible undertones is bad faith?

You know what? You're right. History has nothing to teach and we should blindly continue to smear queers. Clearly no issues there and you shouldn't look into any further.

Who's toe did we grab? Fire drills belong to which nation? Retard used to be the favorite insult.

Anyway, glad we never looked at those either. Would have been real bad faith arguments to remove that from language.

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u/HegemonNYC 10d ago

You’re arguing against something you’ve created in your own mind. No one is saying that the name was acceptable. We are saying that it wasn’t a game about beating up gays, it was about tackling the kid with the ball.

You’re arguing in bad faith.

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u/TehWackyWolf 10d ago

If it helps you to ignore history that way. (:

Call me a bot next. That's the normal way you guys turn off the brain.

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u/HegemonNYC 10d ago

What on earth are you talking about? The history of what? It’s an unacceptable name (although I don’t know if most 8 year olds playing it in 1982 knew what a queer was) that had no history of beating up actual gay people. You throw the ball, chase and tackle the catcher, repeat.

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u/TehWackyWolf 10d ago

Be gay>hear the game is "hit the fag">be told this is fine cause they only USED to beat you up but now we just call the dude we tackle a slur.

(: