@asklemmy #AskMastodon Philosophical/anthropological question for anyone interested in #SocialJustice or #AIethics or anyone with a thought on it.
Do you think the common association and clear similarities between the robot-pejorative term “clanker” and the n-word at all indicate that use of the term “clanker” ought to be avoided?
Disclaimer: I’m not a part of any historically oppressed people groups
@6nk06 Far from it, but I don’t think you can really deny that “clanker” is intentionally being used as a slur
I deny. Making a joke is not a slur. Calling someone an asshole is not a slur either.
And what about wanker?