Who said that anybody liked being labeled?
My grandparents were Russian, not me. Until recently there wasn't even a country called Russia, it was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.It means absolutely nothing to me; I don't speak or read the language, I've never been there and I've never had any contact with my grandparents who died long before I was born. I know nothing of the customs or the lifestyle of my grandparents (I don't even know their names) and my parents never spoke of them. Why would you expect it to be a big thing in my life; I just don't understand your viewpoint.
In non-secular countries people are labeled by their religious sects; is that also acceptable to you?
And I am not "trying to tear other people down for having pride in their ancestry", I am objecting to the government labeling them based on their ancestry, a huge difference!
"First, g*psy is a slur. No matter what you think, it has been a slur for centuries. It’s where the term “gypped" comes from. It was believed that the Roma would rip gadje (non-Roma) off for money. Roma who escaped the fate of death at the hands of the SS and their dogs, the ones who weren’t killed right away, were branded with a "Z", which stood for Zigeuner, the German word for "G*psy". They were shipped to death camps, where barely any suvived.
It is a slur still used today. Roma are called “Gyppos” while being beaten, forced out of their settlements, forced to move. They are called this when they are assaulted and even raped. They are victims of forced sterilization, forcible eviction of settlements, harassment by both law enforcement and citizens, fingerprinting simply because they are Roma, they are often ecxluded from schools."
Read a dictionary, shithead. Everything you said is absolutely correct, but incomplete. You are like CNN, you twist the facts to suit your needs.
I truly resent your attack.
The meaning of many commonly used words were different in the past and you are just stinking up the world with this kind of crap.
Is it normal to be infuriated by the term
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If a group of people like being called something, then why would you argue that they shouldn't be called that?
You are the one being divisive by creating a conflict where there doesn't need to be one.
Instead of trying to tear other people down for having pride in their ancestry, perhaps you should be celebrating your own Russian heritage as well.
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Who said that anybody liked being labeled?
My grandparents were Russian, not me. Until recently there wasn't even a country called Russia, it was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.It means absolutely nothing to me; I don't speak or read the language, I've never been there and I've never had any contact with my grandparents who died long before I was born. I know nothing of the customs or the lifestyle of my grandparents (I don't even know their names) and my parents never spoke of them. Why would you expect it to be a big thing in my life; I just don't understand your viewpoint.
In non-secular countries people are labeled by their religious sects; is that also acceptable to you?
And I am not "trying to tear other people down for having pride in their ancestry", I am objecting to the government labeling them based on their ancestry, a huge difference!
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I'm not sure you have the right to tell anyone what words are and are not okay to use when you literally have a racial slur in your username...
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What the fuck are you talking about?
Dictionary definition; gypsy "One inclined to a nomadic, unconventional way of life."
GO FUCK YOURSELF, ASSHOLE.
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"First, g*psy is a slur. No matter what you think, it has been a slur for centuries. It’s where the term “gypped" comes from. It was believed that the Roma would rip gadje (non-Roma) off for money. Roma who escaped the fate of death at the hands of the SS and their dogs, the ones who weren’t killed right away, were branded with a "Z", which stood for Zigeuner, the German word for "G*psy". They were shipped to death camps, where barely any suvived.
It is a slur still used today. Roma are called “Gyppos” while being beaten, forced out of their settlements, forced to move. They are called this when they are assaulted and even raped. They are victims of forced sterilization, forcible eviction of settlements, harassment by both law enforcement and citizens, fingerprinting simply because they are Roma, they are often ecxluded from schools."
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Read a dictionary, shithead. Everything you said is absolutely correct, but incomplete. You are like CNN, you twist the facts to suit your needs.
I truly resent your attack.
The meaning of many commonly used words were different in the past and you are just stinking up the world with this kind of crap.