Do you think the bluster in place of an explanation is fooling anyone? Multiple people have asked you to explain how it is a slur, and all you can do is call them racist. It's absurdly transparent.
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Do you think the bluster in place of an explanation is fooling anyone? Multiple people have asked you to explain how it is a slur, and all you can do is call them racist. It's absurdly transparent.
I do not approve of bigotry in any form. As I understand your explanation, you’re saying any ethnic name used to describe someone as dumb, even if based on a character who was dumb, is a slur?Quote:
Originally Posted by catman
That is what I am saying. There are far better ways to describe someone of low intellect than to ascribe an ethnic name to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
What about the name of a dumb character from a movie?Quote:
Originally Posted by catman
What about not using names to describe dumb people at all? I am just as guilty as others of calling people names, usually the names I call them are descriptive names (ultracrepidarian, troll, etc). They are not insults thrown out at random. They are correct titles.
Lets just say that I don't approve of calling people by names that are ethnic in origin to besmirch them, OK?
I don’t know where you’re getting it being an ethnic name or slur. Was it a slur before The Godfather movie?Quote:
Originally Posted by catman
What about Lloyd Christmas? Can you call someone of low intellect that?Quote:
Originally Posted by catman
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Were you around before The Godfather was released?Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
Like Quixotic?Quote:
Originally Posted by catman
Valade, I respect your ability to actually have a legitimate discussion on a topic, but why waste your energy on this? Just stop using ethnic slurs and things will be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
No. That's why I'm asking you if Fredo was an ethnic slur before the movie came out.Quote:
Originally Posted by catman
That has become part of the lexicon. It is not a slur at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by natepro
This is why it is not a slur:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/quixotic
This is what you get when you type in Fredo:
https://www.dictionary.com/misspelling?term=Fredo
There is no such term in the English language dictionary.
Stop using ethnic slurs.
It is not a word that is recognized in the English dictionary. It is not part of the lexicon. Was it a slur prior to the Godfather being released? I do not recall. It is a slur today, however. Stop using it, or are you not concerned about the use of ethnic slurs?Quote:
Originally Posted by valade16
There is nothing there. Here is the urbandictionary definition:Quote:
Originally Posted by catman
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fredo
A pretend racial slur for Italians, made up by CNN’s Chris Cuomo, so he can swear and threaten people.