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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Some people find that word to be too misogynistic to use as an epithet. I'm not quite sure where I stand on that myself, but I tend to avoid it overall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In the context of the US, it most certainly is. Other places, maybe not so much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not British so I cannot use it in the proper manner. Literally the only demographic that can get away with it being an 8/10 on the Carlin index of offense terminology. If you aren't British it's pretty much a 10.