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points by anon84873628 3 days ago | 0 comments

I suspect we'll look back on "Nork" as a derogatory racial term that didn't need to be used here. Just call them the attackers, or by their group name, or whatever.

[–] DonHopkins 3 days ago

The politically correct collective noun is "A Kimspiracy of Norkzis".

[–] seki285 3 days ago

It's a state backed actor that hates you and your way of life, fair game.

[–] samirillian 3 days ago

Yes they did kill countless Americans in a futile proxy war with Russia. Wait I got that backwards.

[–] quaddoggy 3 days ago

You must be fun at parties.

[–] anon84873628 3 days ago

I'm actually not very PC and enjoy off-color humor.

But this is simply bad professional writing. It would be like calling a group of people Japs, Ruskies, Pakis, or Chinamen. Even if we assume less derogatory intent, you probably wouldn't use Yank, Pommy, or Desi in this context either.

[–] anal_reactor 3 days ago

I remember that when I was a student everyone called Mathematical Analysis "anal" and then there's one guy whose Facebook profile pic was from a church and he said "the correct shortened term is MA".