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9 days ago by beep to c/technology

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Site takes no action over hate posts against UK politicians including Kemi Badenoch, Shabana Mahmood and Zia Yusuf
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Archangel1313 91 points 9 days ago

Oh, man...I feel so dumb. I don't know what the "p-word" is.

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beep 67 points 9 days ago

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Nora 51 points 9 days ago

Huh til. Never heard this before. Gotta be honest tho I'm kinda surprised its a slur, don't get me wrong I won't be using it, but it does feel like a "good" shorthand for Pakistani.

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REDACTED 30 points 9 days ago

Seriously, I've heard people say "Pakis" as a short for Pakistani in a non-insulting way, similar to Spaniards or Aussies.

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technocrit 15 points 9 days ago

Racism has different manifestations in different places.

It kind of shows how stupid it all is.

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tleb 8 points 9 days ago

Here in Canada in the 00s I remember it being a really bad slur. I haven't really heard it used at all since then though

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bryndos 7 points 9 days ago

Very much not good in England. You might well think England did enough to fuck up that part of the world in '47. But no we still have to be a bucket load of racist cunts.

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LemmyEntertainYou 1 point 8 days ago

Language is weird. Paki is absolutely a racist slur for Pakistani but then Brit is totally acceptable for a British person despite the two words having the exact same origin.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 1 point 8 days ago

I was going to talk about shortening of Nigeria, but apparently the entomology is completely separate.

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bridgeburner 3 points 8 days ago

U sure it isn't "Pajeet"? That one seems worse.

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