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*** There\'s also a certain amount of the fandom that tries to say that the term \
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*** There\\\'s also a certain amount of the fandom that tries to say that the term \\\"{{Muggles}}\\\" is equivalent to the real world\\\'s \\\"chinks\\\" or \\\"niggers\\\"; ethnic slurs. This despite the fact the canon very has a word that is \\\'\\\'explicitly stated\\\'\\\' to be a slur against those of Muggle descent; \\\"Mudblood,\\\" though \\\"Muggle\\\" \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' used in a derisive way by certain characters as well.
**** Except that \\\"Mudblood\\\" doesn\\\'t mean \\\"Muggle,\\\" it refers to a wizard or witch born from muggle parents. Second, just because there is another word that is equivalent to a racial slur doesn\\\'t mean that there can\\\'t be another.
Deleting the second bit, because Muggle is a descriptive term, like \\\"Gentile\\\". If I meet some bigoted Jewish person who invests said word with scorn when he refers to me, that doesn\\\'t mean the word itself is a slur. I cannot find any sources stating that it \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' a slur, barring the members of the Misaimed Fandom in question.
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Muggle
->The term \\\"Muggle\\\" is widely used in the wizarding world, and generally is not intended to be offensive; in fact, it is often used affectionately. Some of the more prejudiced members of the community, however, use the word in the same context as the epithet \\\"mudblood.\\\" Though the \\\"mudblood\\\" term is generally associated but \\\"muggle-borns\\\" (witches or wizards that come from non-magic families/muggles).
See? The word itself is not a slur, but bigots occasionally use it like it is, which can be true of any ethnic descriptor (See also \\\"Black People\\\", \\\"White people\\\", \\\"Chinese People\\\", etc.). Can we stop adding the Justifying Edits?
**** Except that \\\"Mudblood\\\" doesn\\\'t mean \\\"Muggle,\\\" it refers to a wizard or witch born from muggle parents. Second, just because there is another word that is equivalent to a racial slur doesn\\\'t mean that there can\\\'t be another.
Deleting the second bit, because Muggle is a descriptive term, like \\\"Gentile\\\". If I meet some bigoted Jewish person who invests said word with scorn when he refers to me, that doesn\\\'t mean the word itself is a slur. I cannot find any sources stating that it \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' a slur, barring the members of the Misaimed Fandom in question.
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Muggle
->The term \\\"Muggle\\\" is widely used in the wizarding world, and generally is not intended to be offensive; in fact, it is often used affectionately. Some of the more prejudiced members of the community, however, use the word in the same context as the epithet \\\"mudblood.\\\" Though the \\\"mudblood\\\" term is generally associated but \\\"muggle-borns\\\" (witches or wizards that come from non-magic families/muggles).
See? The word itself is not a slur, but bigots occasionally use it like it is, which can be true of any ethnic descriptor (See also \\\"Black People\\\", \\\"White people\\\", \\\"Chinese People\\\", etc.). Can we stop adding the Justifying Edits?
