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minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-25 months agolaw reflects society. just providing a timeline for things, the word as an insult was a problem starting well into the 90s so it’s absolutely absurd to blame it on sarah palin in 2013.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoif you think people started saying r-word in the 70s you’re out of your mind
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agook, but the r word was very much acceptable through the early 2000s. it was even casually used on tv.
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agook, but so was the n-word with a slightly different timeline. none of this invalidates my statement that sarah palin has nothing to do with it.
law reflects society. just providing a timeline for things, the word as an insult was a problem starting well into the 90s so it’s absolutely absurd to blame it on sarah palin in 2013.
if you think people started saying r-word in the 70s you’re out of your mind
sorry *90s that was a typo
ok, but the r word was very much acceptable through the early 2000s. it was even casually used on tv.
ok, but so was the n-word with a slightly different timeline. none of this invalidates my statement that sarah palin has nothing to do with it.