this post contains slurs and mention of slurs, if you feel offended by them or fear to be triggered, please avoid this

The only people that i know that agreed to use them in dark humor or irony are either from my country, a similiar country to mine or straight up are the slurs victims, so i wonder…what do y’all think? If it’s not a problem i’d like to know if you don’t mind the use of slurs in a ironic way or dark humor context and where are you from and if you are one of the victim of the slur;

I want to underline that i mean only slurs in a IRONIC or DARK HUMOR context and not meant to harm.

Will i get banned?

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Generally, no, I don’t find slurs acceptable. Let me say there are some light-hearted jokes that are more like a group’s preferences than deficiencies, but it seems you’re talking about stereotypical deficiencies. Language evolves and slurs can become terms of endearment

    I generally find that the people who use slurs for jokes are really just reinforcing stereotypes to the harm of the named groups, all for a laugh with their in-group. When I’ve seen the out-group name themselves with a slur, it tends to feel like that person is trying to prove themselves to the in-group as not so out of the group. Even when “equivalent” slurs are thrown at the in-group, their weight and historical context tend to be far less impactful. Even when “cracker” is thrown at white United States Americans, there’s a clear and obvious heft behind that “equivalent” term for black people, given that it’s a word with such heavy risk it’s still pronounced “n-word” instead of being said in full. The problem I have with these words, even among friends or when spoken by someone of that slur, is it continues to foster and promote negative stereotypes about ethnic groups, typically. Every group has something they’re cheap about, yet it’s “jewing down” or “gypping” you in the US+.

    Personally, the only time I bring out my slurs is when my dad decides to say some oldhead racist shit. I match his harmless/“how I was raised in a different time” terminology with the equivalent words for his ancestry. Suuuuddeeenly it’s a big fuckin problem. .