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ellis123 posted...

I would say that's pretty unreasonable to follow the line that because someone could fallaciously call someone a thing that it now is an insult. The ability to do so certainly turns it into one in some circumstances, but you can do that will almost anything to turn it into something else entirely. Like I could use "funny" as an insult (something like "you are being so funny") but it's beyond ridiculous to call it just an insult. In that vein you are certainly capable of using chud as an insult, but the overwhelming usage of it is just calling people out. It is just disingenuous to act like the minority ability to use it as an insult immediately means that it is now just an insult. It is no more an insult than being called a Republican is.

If I call someone a Republican with the intent of it being derogatory, it is an insult, yes.

Theres no way you are suggesting otherwise.

And to be clear. Chud, alone, is not an insult. But it can be used as one is the point.