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[โ€“] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those aren't slurs. Slurs by definition denigrate an group of people at the same time as the person addressed, by saying, essentially, "You are an X and that is had because being X is bad."

[โ€“] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

One word: imbecile.