• lgmjon64@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    A few possibilities come to mind. “Digger” is an antiquated derogatory term used for Native Americans in California and some other regions of the West. Also, some people are using it as an Ersatz for the N word in an attempt to veil their racism or bypass automated filters, much like how my inlaws think they are so clever by referring to non-whites as “Canadians.” Racists are rarely as smart as they think they are.

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      6 hours ago

      First time I’ve seen “ersatz” used in the wild, unless you count the animated web series

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      6 hours ago

      Oh … I figured that the movie was just getting a lot of negative feedback and whatever app this is had picked up on that.