• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I know it’s very likely innocent

    But “fren” will always be a huge red flag parade for me

    • Odo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      Did everyone responding to you miss the FrenWorld drama at Reddit a few years back? It was thinly-veiled racism disguised as friendly comics. It was finally banned for both that and glorifying violence.

      • 9point6@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        Ikr, people clearly have short memories.

        I’m sorry that people don’t like it, but it is what it is; denial of this only helps the fuckos using it that way

      • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        Don’t worry. The common meaning is friend. Everyone knows. Just like smol snek etc.

        There are a lot of words that also have a bad meaning. A lot depends on context.

        • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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          22 hours ago

          Lmao, by that logic you wouldnt be able to use any words because every word probably has some acronym associated with it, that means something bad.

          • 9point6@lemmy.world
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            22 hours ago

            I don’t think Nazis are actively using every acronym, c’mon you know that’s silly.

            They use this one though.

            It’s like saying 1844 isn’t a bad number, because numbers aren’t bad—unfortunately more often than not, when you see it, it’s not used innocently.

            • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              11 hours ago

              And context usually gives away whether something is being used innocently or not.

              Don’t assign moral values to words or numbers. Those things are morally neutral. Look at how they’re being used and the context surrounding their use then use that to determine the morality of the individual using them on a case by case basis.

              • 9point6@lemmy.world
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                20 hours ago

                I didn’t come up with this, they did

                I would love this to not be the case, but it’s just naïve to ignore the reality of the shitheads that are out there

                Their whole thing is existing in the grey area between harmony and incongruity

        • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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          23 hours ago

          I have literally never run into that until now. That seems like dog whistle pitched so high, not even rodents can hear it.

          • 9point6@lemmy.world
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            23 hours ago

            Well I’m happy for you, but that doesn’t change that Nazis are using it as a dog whistle. And FWIW I’m unfortunate enough to know it’s not even a particularly niche one—it’s been pretty popular with edgelords for a few years now