The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism

Re:The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism by tzs on Monday February 20, 2023 @06:43PM (#34874433)

Is the implication supposed to be that we should just have stuck with the N word and the F word because whatever we replaced them with would eventually come to be used the same way as the original words?

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Re:The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism by nathansherburn on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:17AM (#34876973)

Or is it that using the "euphemism treadmill" may help us slowly move toward a healthier world?

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Re:The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism by ulucs on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @02:43AM (#34878028)

There are people trying to call out Montenegro for its name, and there are people that use "get help"/"you need therapy" as an insult. The treadmill never ends and it's trying to eat everything

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Re:The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism by acoard on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:00PM (#34883471)

I don't think there's an implication per se. It's just a description of fact. This has happened before, and likely will happen again. It's helpful to be aware that we're in a cycle rather than a one-time process.

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Re:The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:55AM (#35008928)

The implication is that people will use whatever tools are available to be shit to one another - someone that cannot be altered by updated terminology.

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