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y'all is such a great and incusive word, I love it. (kbin.social)

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And that word is coming from an area known for bigotry.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I'm sure plenty of nice folks use "y'all" but unfortunately, from the perspective of a Brit on the other side of the ocean, it's not a positive thing. Because of recent history it will forever be associated for me with red hat wearing, low IQ fanatics. I can't help it either. The second anyone says "y'all" in a conversation I assume they're idiots at best and dangerous, racist, fox news watching fanatics at worst. There would have to be A WHOLE LOT of clear examples of nice people using that expression for me to change my view. I just haven't met any yet. I'm not trying to be nasty. I have literally never met anyone who use that expression who didn't turn out to be a terrible person.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

For what it's worth, as a northeastern US liberal who has adopted y'all as an inclusive way to address people, this type of reaction is one of the things that has led to Trumpism.

A bit more temperance before you condemn tons of people based on something open for interpretation like this might be a worthwhile thing to consider going forward.

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