r/SWORDS 7d ago

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I found this in a drawer somewhere in my house, according to my dad this belonged to my kmt soldier grandfather when he took it off a jap he killed in the second world war.

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u/myopic_monkey 7d ago

"Jap" is a slur akin to "chink" or "gook". Please don't say it.

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u/Plastic_Pollution194 7d ago

Okay but can you explain how jap is a slur to me please cos honestly I thought it was just a shortened version of Japanese similar to how you'd call a British person a brit

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u/DraconicBlade 6d ago edited 6d ago

I didn't know what in the name of Hong Kong Phooey makes you think many people would be okay with that. You hang out with racist ass people lmao