@miracleofsound it mightve been a colloquial reaction - for your US followers, "savages" here is almost always used in a racial context.
@elizabethdanger @the_moviebob Does that mean we shouldn't call actual savages what they are though?
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@miracleofsound@the_moviebob there are other words. Barbaric? Evil? -
@elizabethdanger@miracleofsound its like how, here, basically NO ONE knows that "gypsy" is kind of a slur. Or they don't care. - Show replies
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@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger oh, definitely not - just saying, that's PROBABLY why you're gonna hear some confused reactions -
@the_moviebob@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger In the UK (maybe Ireland too) we have a difficult relationship with Islam. So racism is said. - Show replies
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@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger@the_moviebob HELL TO THE NO. Murdering your own daughter for being raped is savagery. -
@TillyWoden@miracleofsound@the_moviebob We're not saying it's not. We're just saying that the word 'savage' has some really racist -
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@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger for added context: In the states, "Savage" is a popular "Ellis Island surname" from "Savitch," - 1/2 -
@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger ...so here, ONLY negative conotation it has = "inference of being primitive, usually applied to minorities" - Show replies
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