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minus-squarenotabot@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoFaggot is a real word with actual, non offensive, meanings, ‘paki’ is not.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoNo. It absolutely is not. Historically it did sure, but I challenge you to go to any corner of the English-speaking world and use it in any sentence at all and have any single person hear you and assume that you mean a bundle of sticks.
Faggot is a real word with actual, non offensive, meanings, ‘paki’ is not.
No. It absolutely is not. Historically it did sure, but I challenge you to go to any corner of the English-speaking world and use it in any sentence at all and have any single person hear you and assume that you mean a bundle of sticks.