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# I'm going to have to take exception to that
I've never heard of anyone going out 'to bash some poms'.

There's a profound difference between using a derogatory term for a group of people who have been exploited throughout history versus using a derogatory term for a group of people who have exploited people throughout history.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Sun 25 May 2008, 12:09, archived)
# In your mind at least.
(I helped save b3ta! Araucaria is such a tit, Sun 25 May 2008, 13:01, archived)
# Yes, let's trivialise the human rights abuses and wholesale slaughter of the past
by assuming that making fun of someone from england is just as bad.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Sun 25 May 2008, 13:10, archived)
# Strange
I can't remember the last time I exploited someone.
(I helped save b3ta! Skirite Gerrorf my larnd, Sun 25 May 2008, 13:16, archived)
# yes and there aren't slaves in most modern countries either.
but if you use a derogatory term for someone whose grandparents might have been slaves, you're bringing up a whole world of emotions for that person.

English people haven't had a bad run. It'd be nice if we lived in a world where black skin or big noses or ginger hair were all just thrown around as innocent ribbing, but some words have centuries of hatred behind them.

Sorry if you don't like being called a pom, but it's really not that bad in the scheme of things. I'm sure you can mull it over while you eat your delicious dinner and sleep in your comfortable bed.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Sun 25 May 2008, 13:23, archived)