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A comment on The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgaria (2016). Parent comment

Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by fierarul on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:53AM (#25108537)
Such a silly choice. If some people really hate a group won't the new self designated word become a racial slur too? What then?
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Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by adrianN on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:30AM (#25108746)
You get what is commonly known as the "euphemism cycle", or the "euphemism treadmill": https://www.jstor.org/stable/3087798
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Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by monocasa on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:12AM (#25109314)
Gypsy was always a slur. It's not a case of a euphemism treadmill.
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