so i was talking to a maga family member about one of my stories i was planning to make, which happened to have a diverse set of characters from different cultures and countries.

the family member responded by calling the characters “dei”? (diversity, equity, inclusion) is this a word that maga uses as a slur?

i don’t even get how having diverse characters is an insult. do they WANT every single character in everything ever made to be white or something?

  • mystic-macaroni@lemmy.ml
    5·
    6 months ago

    If you ask them what it is, I doubt they would be able to tell you what it stood for other than it is gaslighting (they call everything they don’t like gas lighting) for they gay lgbt agenda. Again, they wouldn’t know what lgbt stands for or that ‘gay’ is redundant

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
    9·
    6 months ago

    When you’re socially aware enough to know being a bigot is frowned upon by most of humanity but you still need to get that ignorant hatred out.

    Oh and, if being anything but a hwite European (Germanic/Nordic only too!) is morally wrong and deserving of hate, of course the media that shows anything else positively deserves some hate too!

  • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    34·
    6 months ago

    Its a term for diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. That said, MAGA tends to use it as a slur for anyone who isn’t a white Christian.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      6·
      6 months ago

      Cue the bodycam video of the drunk lady in an airport screaming that she’s being arrested because she’s white. That’s who hates DEI: fragile white conservatives.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    6 months ago

    Well, yeah, that’s the way it’s used. It’s a way of saying the n word or the f word or whatever slur they don’t think they can get away with.

    And yes, the only time they want anyone other than cishet whites is if they’re servants. In stories they don’t usually mind if they’re villains, but they’re also play with them being servants in stories.