Posted on 10/12/2020 8:14:26 AM PDT by knighthawk
I would say that it depends upon the context.
If the person saying it has, in the past, made it abundantly clear that he despises meat-eaters and that he believes that eating raw foods is the epitome of barbarism, then it can be taken as an insult - even if the insulted person himself has no such qualms.
If you don't think so, try going to a predominantly Italian neighborhood in New York and loudly calling someone a "spaghetti" (short for "spaghetti-eater").
Regards,
What would you do for a Klondike Bar? Never even look at an Edy’s product ever again. They woke, deserve to be broke.
You did not challenge my premise. I never said the word was derogatory from the start, I said it’s derogatory to continue to use it. Doesn’t matter where the word came from. Doesn’t matter what it translates to. The word “Eskimo” could mean “way better than us” it’s not their name, it’s not what they want to be called. Continuing to call them that is derogatory.
I am challenging your premise that a significant number of any group of people claim “it’s not their name, it’s not what they want to be called”.
No you’re not. You’re weaseling around and around the situation desperately hoping for something to hang your hat on cause you’re just not willing to admit you’re wrong.
Well guess what. YOU’RE WRONG.
Their name is Inuit. That’s what they want to be called. None of this is new information. I first started hearing about it in the late 80s. 30 years now they’ve been correcting you and you’re still insisting on calling them Eskimos.
Eskimo covers more than just Innuit (and I have no problem calling them Innuit, not Eskimo) and I looked in to it and don’t see even any significant number of Innuit objecting to Eskimo.
Provide documentation for “that’s what they want to be called”.”
Who is “they”. A certain Innuit group? All or a certain percentage? Determined how? Etc...
No. You’re weaseling. We’re done.
I would bet this did not originate with real eskimo people. I watched a video where a guy walked around on a college campus wearing a big sombrero and shawl and was attacked by students for “appropriating” another culture. Then he traveled to a little Mexican town wearing the same costume and nobody had a problem with it. Several of them wanted to know where they could get a hat like that.
You’re done because you cannot back up your claims.
It’s like all the Indians are against the Redskins name, or Braves or Indians etc..
But we find out that’s not true.
Same here. Leftists claim it without evidence.
There’s lots of evidence. And if you’ve done the “checking” you say you did then you saw it. But you choose not to acknowledge it because then you’d be wrong. Like every other part of this conversation, you just keep weaseling to another subsection and another and another hoping to find something to hang your hat on.
The facts are in. It’s Inuit (and other names) NOT Eskimo. Not all are offended, but it’s not their name. Now be a useful human being and use the right name.
Actually, I thought the word “eskimo” was derived from a word meaning’ those who tie or make snowshoes’.
Actually, I thought “Eskimo” meant those who tie or make snowshoes.
After two seconds of googling:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/Eskimo
Regards,
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