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Topic	Why do people consider Oriental to be a slur? Orient and Occident are latin for
hockeybub89 10/07/18 7:06:33 PM #47:	MARKINGRAM22 posted... Not slurs, just words people decided you couldnt say. That is literally how language works. Do you think slurs exist in a vacuum or something? Really bad words are just naturally so since the beginning of time? People make sounds and a society agrees on what those sounds mean in certain situations and whether they are always appropriate. Language is subjective. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:910136027] in Why do peo... [t:77076942]...</cite> <quote><cite>MARKINGRAM22 posted...</cite> <quote>Not slurs, just words people decided you couldnt say.</quote> That is literally how language works. Do you think slurs exist in a vacuum or something? Really bad words are just naturally so since the beginning of time? People make sounds and a society agrees on what those sounds mean in certain situations and whether they are always appropriate. Language is subjective. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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