This would be a quick way to see of itβs racist, close minded, or just straight bs.
Ex1- You want women to kill babies, boy!
Ex2- You want to feed the homeless, boy!
Yeah, I thought this was common knowledge. Growing up mixed in the southeast (Tenn, Georgia,SC and NC areas), it was used daily to get my attention.
I think most non-Southernersβ exposure to it is in media, where itβs almost always racist in context. Thereβs a surprising amount of subtly in Southern social interactions that I think itβs missing from most of the US. Sure, Midwesterners are known for raising passive-aggressiveness to an art form, but you recognize it no matter where youβre from.
The subtly in social interactions in the South are truly exceptional, hard to get a handle on, and unmatched anywhere else in the US - IMHO. Southerners have as many ways of being condescending as Eskimos have words for snow.
Is that phrase still acceptable, or is the Eskimo/snow comment now not PC? Is it still OK to use the term βEskimo?β If the Eskimo thing is offensive, I sincerely apologize. An alternative would be βas North-westerners have words for rain,β but I donβt know if thatβs as widely understood an idiom.
Thatβs why my main point still stands. You know where someone stands the way they say it. I could greet you or disrespect you, all depends in my tone.
Bro, great posting! πππππ @sxan@midwest.social
They need a βfollow accountsβ button here. Like if a reporter used !worldnews@lemmy.ml you could just follow the reporter.
They need a βfollow accountsβ button here. Like if a reporter used
Thank you!
And: dude! I have totally thought the same thing! Itβs so weird that Mastodon has follow-accounts, but no communities; Lemmy has join-communities but no follow-accounts; and theyβre both ActivityPub. Youβd think that would be a no-brainer feature, right?