• jumjummy@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      “Biden is hardly better”. What an idiotic take. A flaming bag of crap is terrible, and your opinion here is “hardly any better”.

    • The_Hideous_Orgalorg
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      Not to argue whether the word is appropriate or not. However, diluting a word is a very real issue, for example the Repugnants pushing to label any trans and trans ally as a sex offender dilutes the term. Now one must wonder whether another so labeled is due to being accepting of the preferred pronouns of an individual, or due to being a literal rapist.

      • spujb@lemmy.cafeOP
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        7 months ago

        that would be an example of such a thing happening, yes, but is so far removed from this situation as to be absurd to bring up