is the term "slave" a slur against eastern europeans
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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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Indigenous people are called indigenous because Europeans thought they were in India. I guess even the mistakes can be baked in in our words.
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Frankly this project of scrubbing language can be somewhat hegemonic. If the group itself doesn’t mind the word, who’s offended, really?
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Thrall clearly most inclusive option. In Stellaris it crosses even species barrier
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Thralldom? It’s called orgrimmar thank you very much
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Here, have a clause from the Old Icelandic slave code.pic.twitter.com/xWYc6W5Msg
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