tokyodisko 0 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I don't care really. It's a totally different meaning here in the USA. Like fag between here and parts of Europe. But I recently came across someone posting a pissed off status about how she thinks people shouldn't use it and ought to know better. She's one of those tumblr activist white girls who will follow any fad injustice or create one so that she can argue it. (Also loves to say that I am a white guy so I am not allowed an opinion ) Her friend who was from Romania was talking about how it is an offensive term. I looked it up and it seems like some others don't think it's bad, but some find it offensive. I want to clarify that I am not an ignorant bastard, but I think this trend of "activism" is stupid. Being an activist is great, but not if you're doing it solely to feel better about yourself. ANYWAYYYY, Do you think it would hurt the impact if Gaga were ever going to release Gypsy as a single? Ps. this isn't intended to be a thread debating grammar and composition. This is meant to see if it could hurt Gaga in some parts of the world where the term is used as a slur and not to describe a nomadic person. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 107,466 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 No. She did it before with Chola. People just being too sensitive, and need to learn the context the words were used in. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝔦 𝔞𝔪 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔶 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔰 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 No. No one is going to think gypsy is racist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Witch 1,387 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 ?????? ???? ?? ???????? ?? ?? ??? How is gypsy even racist? It's a metaphor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotboy 1,700 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 sooo many songs named gypsy.. by fleetwood mac, cher, shakira for example Remember that you are unique. Like everyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunk96 2,526 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Wat I have no f*cking idea where this came from,but this is bizarre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adakam 2 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 hmmm, but what does it mean? whats its offensive side? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokyodisko 0 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 sooo many songs named gypsy.. by fleetwood mac, cher, shakira for example I agree, but two of those are much older and people were not as involved in "activism". ?????? ???? ?? ???????? ?? ?? ??? How is gypsy even racist? It's a metaphor. It's not a metaphor. The name is from a group of thieves basically, from Romania or somewhere iirc. Like the word 'gypped'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreadKiller 0 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 She'd totally get ****, just because she could. I mean, Katy didn't with her horribly racist video and performance... but its Katy. I honestly wouldn't care. It'd blow over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokyodisko 0 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Wat I have no f*cking idea where this came from,but this is bizarre. It's just a thought, but yes, the term is considered a slur by some people of the same descent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disregard 50 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 The social justice warriors on ONTD who have taken a sociology course at the local community college are sure concerned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokyodisko 0 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 hmmm, but what does it mean? whats its offensive side? It's a term for a group of specific nomads who were considered thieves. Like the word gypped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennji 546 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 at what point did she mention a nationality or a race? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan 2,051 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 The social justice warriors on ONTD who have taken a sociology course at the local community college are sure concerned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adakam 2 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 It's a term for a group of specific nomads who were considered thieves. Like the word gypped. hmm, seems too isolated tbh, like the chola situation and there are a lot of gypsy titled songs, so i dont think we should worry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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