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lemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read" (lemmy.cafe)

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[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

law reflects society. just providing a timeline for things, the word as an insult was a problem starting well into the 90s so it’s absolutely absurd to blame it on sarah palin in 2013.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

if you think people started saying r-word in the 70s you're out of your mind

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 8 points 4 months ago

sorry *90s that was a typo

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

ok, but the r word was very much acceptable through the early 2000s. it was even casually used on tv.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 10 points 4 months ago

ok, but so was the n-word with a slightly different timeline. none of this invalidates my statement that sarah palin has nothing to do with it.

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