octopus_ink@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it’s not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

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english as a second language tend to be more careful with their usage of idioms

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