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Re:London put in emergency lockdown as U.K. fights new strain by leg100 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:18PM (#25480800)
> I don't consider collectivist to be a pejorative term and don't know of any context where it is. You picked a synonym, selfless.

Oh I don't know, socialism scares republican voters shitless, I wouldn't be surprised if collectivism did too.

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Re:London put in emergency lockdown as U.K. fights new strain by vmception on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:32PM (#25480912)
Okay.

These words are not inherently insults regardless of how allergic other people are to adjectives.

All good though.

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Re:London put in emergency lockdown as U.K. fights new strain by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday December 19, 2020 @05:01PM (#25481650)
when a word is indeed "not inherently [an] insult", but is a de facto one for millions of people, I'm not clear what is gained by pointing out dictionary definitions or alternative reactions to the term.
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Re:London put in emergency lockdown as U.K. fights new strain by vmception on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:28PM (#25482299)
Its clear that it wasn't an insult because I said so multiple times specifically to clear up any ambiguity. That’s the point.
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