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is savage a new slur ??????
so I was on tiktok and I saw a women that was talking about her life experience on s*xual assault so I called her a savage for going through all that but then someone started saying in my replies that savage is a slur ???? then someone replied being like wtf do you mean and they started getting mad and they're like. Having a full on arguement in my replies but thats not the point, so back to the question is savage a new slur ???? since when ???
It's not a slur, but it is offensive depending on who and how you're Using it. Many people used it on native Americans, hence why the word around them is a super sensitive topic, and btw your comment was beyond insensitive in a way, from what I saw, I think they were trying to point out the way you used it and took it as you calling her a savage be...... 1 reply
There are two definitions to savage, the modern one and the traditional one.
Savage is now used to describe someone that is bold, and still has a high self worth and confidence despite the shit that was thrown at them.
Traditionally however, the word means a beast or uncivilized or uncultured person.
The reason they might be saying it’s a slu...... reply
Well it is kinda, it's used to describe indigenous peoples, who as we all know the brits kinda uh fucked them up for about 4 centuries, and in my country canada, they recently found the bodies of 215 kids who were in a residential school (the last one closed in 1996 mind you), there is the missing and murdered indigenous women, but its mainstream n...... reply
I mean, it can be and has been used in a pejorative and derogatory manner to cause real and lasting harm, so perhaps using it so lightly isn't exactly wise... You didn't use it in such a way, not at all, but just because you don't use a historically harmful word with harmful intentions doesn't make the word's history irrelevant or meaningless when ...... 1 reply
Unless I'm mistaken isn't someone who is a "savage" a person who's risky, daring, bold or something like that? If so I'm confused why you would call the lady who went through that a "savage." 1 reply
savage isnt a slur but it depends on how you use it and the context of it. for example, calling someone "savage" for the color of their skin or because they have a mental illness is offensive but if someone is calling another person a "savage" because they made a snarky comeback then its okay. basically, context and the way you use it matters reply
