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[โ€“] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's similar to queer, still can be an insult but it's been sufficiently reclaimed that a blanket ban doesn't make sense.

[โ€“] Frank@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago

Yeah, agreed.

Huh. Funnily enough, at one point bastard would have been a slur, too, but the idea of being "born out of wedlock" has become so silly, at least in parts of the US and I presume other places, that folks don't assign it any real power anymore.