• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    If a single word with no significant history attributes ableism to the person or people who use it, then perhaps you’re the problem.

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        13 hours ago

        Maybe the fact that you think the terms: dickriding, meatriding, dicksucking or cocksucking are somehow slurs?

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          13 hours ago

          Never said they were slurs, but that their usage as pejoratives is usually with homophobic and/or misogynistic undertones. The insulting part is usually the societal shame cast on women and gay men historically, as there’s nothing actually wrong with liking dick.

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            13 hours ago

            That is just not true. The terms have roots in AAVE that have nothing to do with bigotry. It’s mocking the action itself rather than the perpetrators of said actions

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                13 hours ago

                It’s not that the action is bad, it just uses it rhetorically is all. Practically no one is using it with bigoted intentions.

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                    13 hours ago

                    Calling someone brown-eyed would be an insult because you’re mocking a specific characteristic of a person. The terms cocksucker or dickriding aren’t intended to mock anybody or any group. They’re metaphors to describe behaviour.