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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      is the term "slave" a slur against eastern europeans

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      actually its only slavery if theyre from the slavic region of eurasia otherwise its just sparking human chattel

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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      this is an incredibly stupid thread but im trying to figure something out

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    4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      eigenrobot Retweeted sötét dé monom

      people seem to enjoy competing to find ways in which different words have unsavory histories and insist that any past connotation of a word is also a current connotation of a wordhttps://twitter.com/dumpstxrfire/status/1359969805642653696?s=19 …

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      sötét dé monom @dumpstxrfire
      reminder to move away from using the word “marijuana” as it is xenophobic and rooted in racism
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    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      eigenrobot Retweeted Лоик И. Фрэмонд  🗽 🏳️‍🌈

      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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      Лоик И. Фрэмонд  🗽 🏳️‍🌈 @LoicTheStoic
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      Yes pic.twitter.com/pt15HGqbjY
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    6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      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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    7. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      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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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

      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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        2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

          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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        3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Feb 13

          hail eris

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        4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Mar 10

          eigenrobot Retweeted Paul Graham

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          Paul GrahamVerified account @paulg
          The fact that the people who ban words are so stupid creates a situation resembling dramatic irony. I can think of about 20 words and phrases they'd ban if they knew their origins.
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        1. Anna‏ @DistractedAnna Feb 13
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          (Exactly the same give or take a few hundred years of context)

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        1. Life Is Brief‏ @recordofabeing Mar 10
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          I think it was William Randolph Hearst, not FDR directly... For what it's worth. Aso, given modern attitudes, it's easy to imagine herb dampening the "fighting spirit" of the young (good, imho).

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