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QuillAlba
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25 Feb 2017, 8:06 pm

Context.

it always matters.



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25 Feb 2017, 8:13 pm

QuillAlba wrote:
Context.

it always matters.


I agree, but I also think who says it matters more. Teachers have to be a lot more careful than comedians.



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25 Feb 2017, 10:06 pm

But any word can be turned into a slur, can't it?



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26 Feb 2017, 1:50 am

I've never heard it being used a slur other than a couple of times in tv/film


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