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Topic	Is the term 'clanker' offensive?
DrizztLink 09/21/25 1:13:50 AM #55:	StarReaper13 posted... At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist. Yep. The OP is largely an incomplete question because it's got two main uses: Making fun of idiot racists Idiot racists playing dogwhistle If you use it in the first manner, you're fine. If you use it in the second manner, not so much. --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:986483868] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted... </cite><quote>At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist.</quote>Yep.The OP is largely an incomplete question because it's got two main uses:Making fun of idiot racists Idiot racists playing dogwhistleIf you use it in the first manner, you're fine. If you use it in the second manner, not so much. --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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