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X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Language is weird. Paki is absolutely a racist slur for Pakistani but then Brit is totally acceptable for a British person despite the two words having the exact same origin.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Isn't Brit a British term originally? I'd guess that'd the reason it's considered different