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      • Gothouse [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Kind of a weird word. Smells close to the way Christians use "heretic" or Muslims use "infidel".

          • Gothouse [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            That's not the most complimentary turn of phrase, either. It's like being called "laowai" or "gaijin". It identifies the victim of the slur as The Other and not to be trusted.

                • SerLava [he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  Well, speaking generally, no. Bad treatment really does not produce enlightenment. A lot of people want to find a silver lining and will try harder the worse something is.

                  And also, when you're part of the minority group being othered, you literally have to other the majority group - it's a fact of daily life.

                    • SerLava [he/him]
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                      3 years ago

                      :reddit-logo:

                      They're already othered by the majority group! It's already done. They are others. How dare black slaves treat white people as a group separated from themselves???? lol

                        • SerLava [he/him]
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                          3 years ago

                          Well it obviously has worse context in Israel used against Palestinians but that was not part of the discussion and obviously the person posting about "I had a jewish friend" doesn't live in Israel.