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<blockquote data-quote="85Escape" data-source="post: 926850" data-attributes="member: 3560"><p>Sure, it is part of the words used to describe an age category. But to use the 'boomer' is really a slur used as an insult based on a social category and, more importantly, it is used to degrade them on the basis of being like someone in that (inferior) group. You don't have to be of a certain race to have a racial slur used to degrade you. And it doesn't matter if it is socially acceptable...certain racial slurs were used regularly to put people 'in their place' a few decades ago. It didn't make it right or something that shouldn't be called out. </p><p></p><p>Many of the people who can't understand a society that at one point used racial, sexual or gender slurs find it <em>perfectly acceptable</em> to use ageist slurs. The 'ok boomer' response that became so popular is no less offensive than saying 'what a n****r' or 'don't be a f**'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="85Escape, post: 926850, member: 3560"] Sure, it is part of the words used to describe an age category. But to use the 'boomer' is really a slur used as an insult based on a social category and, more importantly, it is used to degrade them on the basis of being like someone in that (inferior) group. You don't have to be of a certain race to have a racial slur used to degrade you. And it doesn't matter if it is socially acceptable...certain racial slurs were used regularly to put people 'in their place' a few decades ago. It didn't make it right or something that shouldn't be called out. Many of the people who can't understand a society that at one point used racial, sexual or gender slurs find it [I]perfectly acceptable[/I] to use ageist slurs. The 'ok boomer' response that became so popular is no less offensive than saying 'what a n****r' or 'don't be a f**'. [/QUOTE]
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