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Topic	Is the term 'clanker' offensive?
wackyteen 09/20/25 2:37:31 PM #15:	Southernfatman posted... Yeah, but I don't think George Lucas was trying to be funny by using real racism as a backdrop for a joke. The bar owner wasn't dropping slurs and talking with a southern accent. Well, it does establish that despite the technological advancements of the galaxy and the demonstrated reliance on droids (for some, at least) to survive on a backwater like Tatooine, that there is still discrimination alive and well in the galaxy. Though in the broader (unestablished at that point of the franchise) context of galactic history, with actual 'clankers' (since we borrowed the term from Star Wars) being a major threat, discrimination against droids does at least have precedence. --- The name is wackyteen for a reason. Never doubt. <cite>wackyteen posted [p:986477011] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>Southernfatman posted... </cite><quote>Yeah, but I don't think George Lucas was trying to be funny by using real racism as a backdrop for a joke. The bar owner wasn't dropping slurs and talking with a southern accent.</quote>Well, it does establish that despite the technological advancements of the galaxy and the demonstrated reliance on droids (for some, at least) to survive on a backwater like Tatooine, that there is still discrimination alive and well in the galaxy. Though in the broader (unestablished at that point of the franchise) context of galactic history, with actual 'clankers' (since we borrowed the term from Star Wars) being a major threat, discrimination against droids does at least have precedence. --- The name is wackyteen for a reason. Never doubt.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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