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Thoughts on slurs in fiction?
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Slurs are slurs, shouldn’t be used
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Anonymous 9w

It’s important for fiction to portray reality accurately even if it's unpleasant

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Anonymous 9w

mfs voting shouldn’t be used really gotta learn the difference between depiction and endorsement

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Anonymous 9w

I mean it’s alr depending on what it is. If it’s just the n word or some shit no 💀. If it’s like Clankers like in Star Wars then that’s fine imo

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Anonymous 9w

idk. is it worse to be exposed to a character’s unfiltered bigotry, or to sanitize and whitewash them? I think if the slur use is *gratuitous*, then the problem is pretty clearly the author being bigoted and not a character saying a slur

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Anonymous 9w

I mean I guess it depends on context??? Like are we talking about uncle toms cabin where it was anti slavery. Or just being racist? Or what

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Anonymous 9w

One of my favorite bits in my book is the main character’s name being similar to another language’s equivalent of the f slur. Why would I get rid of that?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 9w

Yes unfortunately the idea of an “uncle Tom” may have overshadowed the anti slavery parts of it. But at the time it was actually a good Anti slavery book

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 9w

Historical fiction I feel like kinda has to use it to stay accurate, honestly what I was thinking of when I wrote this was that one South Park episode

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 9w

if I’m writing a villain who’s a bigot, his ass is saying slurs, not because I like writing them or I agree with them, but because that demonstrates how bad they are

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

Right, but there were also pro slavery historical fiction that were specifically meant to legitimize Uncle Tom and legitimize slavery good or whatever Are slurs bad then? I mean yeah

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