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hogwild  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Making this post on all of my social media: Goy is not a slur

Yeah, I've seen it, too! I think the reasoning, if any, is the same sort used to claim "cisgendered" is a slur:

    I've never had to refer to my own category with specific words! It makes me uncomfortable. Why not just say "Jews and normal people"? I don't like being labeled with an identity that I've never thought about, and since I don't like it, it's a slur.

Or possibly:

    Well, whenever I say "Jew" I mean it as a slur, so how could "goy" be innocuous?




arguewithatree  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

YES. It's the whole being accustomed to being the default thing.