The Secretary of No State: Words do not have magic powers... →
It seems sad to me that people allow words to have this power over themselves. Words only have damaging qualities when you, the person having words directed at you, allow them to damage you. Derogatory terms for races, sexes, sexual orientations, religions, “curse words”… they are just words. Stop…
Actually, I beg to differ. A lot of these words have killing power, seeing as slurs are oftentimes the last thing you can hear before you die. So the saying should go:
“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can definitely kill me.”
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marchoftigers reblogged this from reetodd and added:
Yeah, but the thing about these things is that reclaiming slurs takes a long time. Words like jerk, dick, guy etc. don’t...
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reetodd reblogged this from marchoftigers and added:
I completely agree that historically and even currently the words appear to have power as they are used almost as an...
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