is the term "slave" a slur against eastern europeans
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of course the origin of the word "slave" comes from Slavs, who I believe were frequently enslaved by Charlemagne or some such, to the point that Slav was to human chattel in the 9th century as Kleenex is to tissue todayhttps://twitter.com/LoicTheStoic/status/1360511201801830401?s=19 …
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we could in a sense decolonize "slave" by replacing it with a latin term (servus) but of course servant already has another modern meaning an alternative might be to use an older germanic term like "thralldom" to describe slavery with no specific ethnic affiliation
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of course this seems like an incredible waste of time because no one except internet weirdos actually associate slavery with Slavs and no one thinks especially of the sons of Lech, Czech, and Rus when people mention slaves in any common context
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so yes, we could imagine FDR demonizing cannabis as the drug menace of Mexican neerdowells when people say marijuana and in a sense yes that would be correct. in exactly the same sense that people affiliate Byzantine raiding parties with the American Civil War
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i guess in summary as an etymology enthusiast I support this principle and look forward to systematically remaking language along these lines
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Tbh I don’t think people should say marijuana bc it sounds fucking dumb with English inflection and even worse if you do the newscaster thing of trying to put Spanish inflection in the middle of an English sentence. Also I hate cities like Amarillo and Canutillo but not Blanco
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It’s a fun way of pumping energy into racism egregores with “clean” hands via the genetic fallacy. The sheer joy of the fight induces the enemy to fight
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