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2026-11-04 22:23 UTC

So you missed the entire history of the contemporary black American Shakur family, where the name was adopted by Black Panther James Coston as part of his conversion to Islam after Malcolm X’s assassination? Where that others in the Panthers choose to adopt that name for themselves as a sign of solidarity, respect, and commitment to black liberation? Where Tupac’s mother changed her name for this reason, and changed her son’s name as well. The only thing linking Jeffries’s moniker and the Shakur family name is that AIPAC and Tupac end in the same three letters. It both assigns a very specific radical revolutionary name to an opponent, which in and of itself is disrespectful to the name and the family, but then does so simply because Jeffries is black, because none of the white people in Congress that take money from AIPAC are called “AIPAC Shakur”. There’s really not a single legitimate reason to use the moniker, and there are at least 2 reasons not to. To be clear, Jeffries deserve an insult. Using Shakur as part of the insult is insulting to the Shakurs. Jeffries has not earned that name.

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  • @rafoix@lemmy.zip 2026-11-05 01:15

    So only the definition that you prefer is valid. Not the actual meaning of the word. Who gets to decide what words mean? Do you also get bent out of shape when someone says Uncle Tom? Is that not insulting to historical Toms? This is your argument. Maybe wait for the family to tell people that they are offended instead of you pretending to be offended for them. Virtue signaling – Expressing outrage to demonstrate one’s moral superiority or social awareness. Vicarious offense-taking – Taking offense on behalf of someone else, particularly when that person isn’t offended. Manufactured outrage – Deliberately pretending to be offended to create controversy.

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