Maybe the solution is to stay off Twitter, but it’s very disturbing to see the normalization of slurs happening in real time on there. White people saying the n-word with approval, the return of saying “gay” as a pejorative, lots of casual racism against Indian men, using the r-slur to describe something seen as stupid. I don’t know whether this is a larger cultural lurch to the right, or whether it’s mostly attributed to Musk’s elimination of quality control and monitors on the platform.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It’d probably due to my appearance but I haven’t heard either said around me by dudes in over a decade. I’ve heard some horrible misogyny but as far as explicit slurs go, even working kitchens it hasn’t been a thing. Now, I’m also very obviously left wing in appearance I have a spiky red mullet and dress like a British crust punk from.the late 80s and am also very assertive and can be a but scary, so people may have just watched their mouths, but even then some real fucked up methhead tough guys line cooks have been my co-workers and I’ve for sure heard and shut down some very explicitly racist rhetoric, but I guess they knew using full slurs was an easy way to get canned after. Just my experience. I’m also Canadian and in a very Lib to left city.