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X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
(www.theguardian.com)
I have no idea what the "P-word" would be.
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Paki, usually yelled at people's faces like "Get out of my country you fucking Paki scum" before trashing someone's corner shop. Definitely a racist slur due to how the British losers use it. Despite appearing like shorthand it's become a slur.
Wikipedia says it's a derogatory term used for Pakistani people.
I’d generalize it to South Asian brown people in general as racists aren’t exactly geography experts
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf was told in one tweet, which used the P-word, to “sod off” to Pakistan.
Pussy? P-eter? P-o-ta-to? P-ot-a-soup? P-at-a-ba-da...ding-dong? I have literally no idea. People are saying it's a slur and I'm glad I don't know. If you respond to this with what it is, I'm blocking you, I really don't want to know or propagate more slurs and racism in this world. Eradicate all Nazi scum.
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This is why it's stupid to use "n-word" and, in this case "p-word", in a news article reporting what was said. The words, in the context of quoting another, should be spelled out, to present the full impact of the slur. The words are not offensive, they're just words, it's the context that gives them weight and meaning. I don't know what the "p-word" is, and I've learned nothing from this article about it. I can't avoid using a slur, or even recognizing a word as a slur, if I don't know what it is.
I've learned, however, in social media sites, I can't spell out the word, lest I be auto-banned from entire communities simply for stringing together those letters in that order, regardless of context. Bots don't understand context, they just swing the ban hammer if they see the word.
Those who use slurs in hateful ways should NOT be given the consideration of sanitizing a word they said, in news reports quoting them. They should be quoted in full.
I've never had an issue with reading the n-word, listening to NWA or watching Django Unchained. I do take issue with being told I "should go back to Jamaica", but that doesn't need sanitizing
And on the flip side, you could use only fancy words and yet, still attack and hate people.
You... pernicious nostril!
Yeah it's giving off You-know-who vibes from Harry Potter.
Not spelling out the word isn't about protecting the people who used it, it's about sparing the people targeted by the slur from having to read it.
Referring to a word vs using it is the context.
If you don't discuss these things openly you're helping hide them. I assure you people from Pakistan know the word, and aren't fragile. Better to openly discuss racism if you want a culture to deal with it, rather than preserve it.
Once the slur is discussed people can discuss how things got this way, rather than sneaking around on egg shells using hushed tones.
It's not targeted at people from Pakistan particularly, it's applied to anyone of vaguely South Asian appearance.
True.
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P word? Wtf.
I'm pretty sure it is the shortened slur for Pakistanis that gets used for any person who looks vaguely like they might be from that region, including Indians (who mostly don't enjoy being confused with their regional neighbors/hated enemies).
Sorta like how reddit protects pedos and abusers. Fucking disgusting sites.
The Epstein Class has class solidarity.
Edit: They will do everything they can protect each other. Twitter allows racist shit to keep working class people fighting. Reddit protects the child abusers of the Epstein Class.
I agree completely. Anything to divide the poors and make them hate eachother. Its so fucking easy too. Easy to get pissed when youve worked your ass off and the fruits get fucked with. Easy to be happy and work together when youre so rich the fruits dont matter.
Wait, the site owned by a sieg-heiling Nazi allows racist posts?
I know what they're referring to by N-word, but wtf is the P-word? I skimmed the article and still couldn't figure it out.
Phaggot? Pee Pee Poo Poo? Pheasant?
pee pee poo poo
I'm suddenly back in kindergarten and smirking
Portulaca.
Persimmon
Patronam
Oh shit! They're talking about plenury indulgences!
It’s Paki, a racial slur for South Asian people common in the UK.
Thank you. I've seen this used before but never referred to in the same connotations as the N-word. Is it common for it to be treated as harshly as the former over there? I'm not aware of it being as severe in the US, but we don't have the same proportions.
Not quite as severe, but same ballpark.
Paki
To be fair, if they banned the bots and the Nazis, they wouldn't have any traffic at all.
The 'p' word is a shortening of the word 'Pakistani' to the first four letters and is very much used abusively. When people came to the UK from Asia - India, Bangladesh and Pakistan mostly - starting in the 1950/60's, the usual assortment of racist/fascist scum, being both hateful cunts and also deeply stupid, assumed anyone who looked Asian was Pakistani and so the p-word became a term of racial abuse for literally anyone who might appear to be from that part of Asia or have that heritage.
First thought was p-word could be "pajeet", but comments below say it is likely "paki". Can someone from UK clarify?
I was thinking peckerwood. It’s in line with the n word.
To be fair, if they banned all the bots, they’d have no traffic at all.
The form "X-slur" is much better than "X-word".
It's only acceptable to shorten names of wealthy, white nationalities like Brits, Aussies and Swedes.
Pakistan and Nigeria don't want an invitation to this club.
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