@miracleofsound it mightve been a colloquial reaction - for your US followers, "savages" here is almost always used in a racial context.
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Replying to @the_moviebob
@miracleofsound *I* get that's not what you'd have meant to infer, but its one of those different forms of English things. It happens ;)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @the_moviebob
@the_moviebob@miracleofsound Same in Australia.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @elizabethdanger
@elizabethdanger@the_moviebob Does that mean we shouldn't call actual savages what they are though?4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @miracleofsound
@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger for added context: In the states, "Savage" is a popular "Ellis Island surname" from "Savitch," - 1/21 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @the_moviebob
@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger ...so here, ONLY negative conotation it has = "inference of being primitive, usually applied to minorities"4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@miracleofsound@elizabethdanger except "thug." We use that one freely, without even considering the root.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@the_moviebob @elizabethdanger White guys in suits perpetuating the idea of blacks as criminals through promoting gangsta rap!
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