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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
what kind of weird moderation is going on in this thread?
all sorts of legit content is being deleted
slim can post this inaccurate stuff:
Only just seen this, but i'm sure I've spoken abut picnics on here before. It's actually 2 issues at play here. First off, the association of picnics, including cannibalistic and trophy collection from black lynchings, but it's also coupled with a bit of a myth that popped up within former slaves, and it's been passed on down their descendants. Namely that the word picnic is derived from "pick a n*****"
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I post a Reuters fact check proving that Picnic has nothing to do with race and its gets deleted
wtf
what is the agenda here???
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What he said isn't inaccurate to be fair - he did say that the "pick-a" etymology of picnic is "a myth"/misconception that's been handed down generationally. That is accurate. I think the disagreement would be around whether or not it's sensible to ban a word "with innocent origins" based on the offense it might cause due to those misconceptions.