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minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoSorry, I figured from your post history that you are from an english-speaking country. The term isn’t “weener”, it’s “wiener”: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiener The point still stands: If you don’t see discrimination against a certain group of people as something bad, using discriminatory terms isn’t a statement but just a thing people do without thinking.
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoI think it can be spelled a few different ways, “weener” is the one I come across the most
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoThat’s because americans have difficulty spelling/pronouncing foreign words.
Sorry, I figured from your post history that you are from an english-speaking country.
The term isn’t “weener”, it’s “wiener”: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiener
The point still stands: If you don’t see discrimination against a certain group of people as something bad, using discriminatory terms isn’t a statement but just a thing people do without thinking.
I think it can be spelled a few different ways, “weener” is the one I come across the most
That’s because americans have difficulty spelling/pronouncing foreign words.
That’s fair