• Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    In the past

    you say that like sir doesn’t carry the same meaning in non-colonial bourgeois contexts. sir is for children and servants to address their ‘betters’, it’s politeness in that the people involved conform to the behavior expected of their social positions

    • Einstein [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      And for many its just a word. Go and ask the guy what he means instead of putting words in the guys mouth. There is more nuance in words there than political ideology and the broad damage caused by history.