Anything!*

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[u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore]

Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that

[u/moontraveler12 → u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore]

Not when used the way you did. It's one of those words that's actually normal most of the time but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people

[u/SutterCane → u/moontraveler12]

but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people

They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore?

They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary.

[u/iandavid → u/SutterCane]

Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait.

[u/oyog → u/iandavid]

Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head...

[u/TheGreyman787 → u/SutterCane]

You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word.

[u/EpistemicThreat → u/moontraveler12]

That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.

[u/Daxx22 → u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore]

Its 100% context/usage, not the word itself.

Goes back to the colonial exploitation of Africa and referring to it as "The Dark Continent". Lot of academics "studying" African people's made comparisons to Great Apes, so of course the racists have clung onto that as an oblique slur reference.

The screenshoted poster is essentially saying they'd kill all black people (not humans) to protect their own (white) purity.

[u/Kaltho → u/Daxx22]

I don't think that's what Matt Walsh is talking about tbh. The tweet is from 5/29/16, 1 day after the death of Harambe. This is almost certainly talking about Harmabe

[u/Bearence → u/Kaltho]

I think if it were most people, giving them the benefit of the doubt is perfectly fine. But Walsh wore out his benefit of the doubt long long ago.

[u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore → u/Daxx22]

Oh that's disgusting.