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Do you guys think it's advisable to use such terms coined by extremely extreme communist revolutionaries?

https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/racist

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

Joe Stalin Trotsky Marx literally invented the word "racist" to be mean to white people being racist.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

That etymology isn't even true. https://www.oed.com/dictionary/racist_n?tl=true

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/01/05/260006815/the-ugly-fascinating-history-of-the-word-racism

OED has two separate possible origins, neither one of which has any connection to Trotsky.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, I didn't know this particular brainworm was 12+ years old

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

the word 'Racist' was first coined by the communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky

WTF I hate racists even more now

[–] axont@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

yeah well the word meme was created by a weird Br*tish racist and I still use it everywhere

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Dick burntbook