Shalom Comrades . I Have another question i wanted to talk with you .

Is about what words and phrases should and shouldn’t be used or said ?

For example , i and another Comrade where talking about a some stuff about trolls , bots , fed/cia , psyop account and communities and what not .

And this is how a new topic was brought ( see the screenshotz below ) :

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And that’s why , i need your guidance from all of you to help and correct the vocabulary of other Comrades , ( including myself )

So let’s start :

What are the words and phrases that should we as Comrades use in the first place ? . Instead of using the ones in the screenshots above mentioned ⬆️ . Can some of you please give me a list of words and phrases that are kosher ( permissible ) to say and not Asur ( prohibited ) to say ? .

For example :

the “B” word and other words that we need to get rid of our my vocabulary .

It will be very great and helpful to make a list of what words and phrases should we i use .

I hope to get an answer .

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  • @darkcalling
    13•1 year ago

    I will note I appreciate especially comrades attempting to avoid using the B-word, the sexist slur that is. It’s used far too freely by men to objectify and denigrate women and I see far too many comrades who would jump down anyone’s throat for using other unacceptable words like the f-word or r-word or n-word just casually tossing it and slurs involving sex slavery/prostitution around because it like misogyny remains omni-present in culture such as music.

    That said. I will note regarding the whole objecting to people saying “based” that’s kind of absurd and I must point out that feds and other wreckers absolutely love instigating things like that.

    Not fights over real slurs like I mentioned above which we need to strive to avoid using to make our spaces welcoming but these silly little slap-fights over trivial and invented matters, things carefully twisted (often with insincere academic language and using gish-gallop tactics to fling large words and issues into the arena which take a hundred times longer to unpack and go over than it does to casually fling them into the arena to stop business and create drama) into an issue where none existed to create tension, drama, division, splits, and bog us down in annoying debates over invented issues.

    Look no further than the chapo lifeboat site, they require trigger tags for posting about meat because a militant vegan vanguard among them decided that’s a totally normal and reasonable thing to do. I’m sorry but getting triggered by meat (not even pictures, just mentioning it too) is just absurd. It makes a mockery of actual triggers survivors of real trauma have to deal with. It’s also curious they require trigger warnings for that yet none for discussions of brutalization and violence against human beings by empire. As if that’s normal and shouldn’t be upsetting and something everyone should be able to view calmly and discuss but somehow meat is exceptional and valid to be so upset it drives you to close your browser and freak out.

    • SovereignState
      4•1 year ago

      Agree 100% with all points.

      Your mentioning of the flippant use of misogynistic slurs even in leftist spaces got me thinking about the term “prostitute” when used as a slur against political opportunists. I understand wanting an insult with edge and weight, but understanding why “prostitute” evokes such a visceral reaction… its use comes out a little vile. I admit to having used it before to refer to comprador leaders. But most actual people stuck in the sex trade are victims, not opportunists or sellouts. Compradors and opportunists are more like pimps than anything.

      Its usefulness, as in the aforementioned “weight” of it as an insult, is also practically nil. We can see this looking back on Lenin advocating for the execution of political “prostitutes” leading to the weaponized myth that the Soviets literally executed sex workers. There is no gain, and in the end it only harms people in the sex trade and people’s view of socialism.