this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
24 points (96.2% liked)

World News

51315 readers
2031 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Is the French more targeted than the translation makes it out to be? Because "stupid bitches" in English is not what I would consider a slur.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

"B**ches" can be considered a slur in some circles as it's used to target women who fight for feminism.

That said, the word in French is not really used that way, and has a direct masculine equivalent in a way the English version does not.

IMO it's insulting but not a slur

Edit: Also "slurs" are not a thing in France, the best characterization you'll get for the n-word for example would be "insulte à caractère raciale", so racial insult, which is also illegal. But there is no common denominator between this, and the word f*g or insults targeting other minorities, each are qualified by who they insult and generally illegal for who they target.

load more comments (1 replies)