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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down6·1 year agoZionist -> nationalist group stan -> place (of) Zionistan -> place of Zionists What’s the issue?
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIt seems stan is used in a derogatory way, which may be offensive to countries using -stan.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOffensive to Portlanders. /jk
minus-squarebelastend@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agosurely the -stan is just used to say “place of” and not in the same racist way that words like “Bantustan” or “Germanistan” are constructed.
Zionist -> nationalist group
stan -> place (of)
Zionistan -> place of Zionists
What’s the issue?
It seems stan is used in a derogatory way, which may be offensive to countries using -stan.
Zionilandia, better?
Offensive to Portlanders. /jk
surely the -stan is just used to say “place of” and not in the same racist way that words like “Bantustan” or “Germanistan” are constructed.