Yglesias comments were particularly egregious, classifying people as subhuman rather than “just” applying the label to behaviors. Unbelievable that someone so mainstream feels so compelled, comfortable, and free to say that.
i've noticed a bizarre resurgence of the r-slur with younger, sometimes queer, audiences over the past few years. i don't do TikTok so i can't speak to that, but i saw it on Tumblr/Twitter from people young enough that they weren't even around when it was common on TV. it's so fucking gross.
Really does show how the scent few years of polite-r language was just a paper thin layer over a bunch of people who desperately want to be shitheads again in public
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I don’t see why so many people are using it, I just avoid that person of they do use it because it’s clear that they are a dickhead.