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Related: About this forumFor those that twitter: #beckywiththeborrowedspeech
It is sooo important we repeat this often.
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For those that twitter: #beckywiththeborrowedspeech (Original Post)
LaydeeBug
Jul 2016
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Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)1. Do we have to turn the name "Becky"
Into a racial slur?
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)3. LOL, really?
It's *slang*.
I must forewarn you that the primary meaning on the streets for the name "Becky" is what we in political circles would refer to as a "Monica", or the act of felatio (it's from a song) But from the urban dictionary:
beckys
hot white girls, or snobish women
example: look at them beckys over there.
So ***TWITTER*** users assigned the moniker. I am just helping it stick.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)5. Yep really
I know exactly where it comes from. It's s burgeoning slur. I'll alert on every post that uses it.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)6. Well, if you alerted on the post above, it failed
I was just on a jury for post #3 and it clearly does not break the rule
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)7. Im all for political correctness, but...
Trying to turn "Becky" into a slur is a bridge much too far. Lets not turn progressivism into a parody of itself.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)8. Welcome to DU. nt
Raissa
(217 posts)2. #famousmelaniatrumpquotes
Wow!