102 We lived to see the day where Reddit has gotten so sissified that even 9gag of all places is too edgy for them (media.scored.co) posted 1 year ago by kodeb8 1 year ago by kodeb8 +102 / -0 33 comments share 33 comments share save hide report block hide replies
As far as I know, that's not actually a deflection - in britain, asian does mean middle east, etc. Instead using oriental (or something, not sure) for people from china, japan, and so on.
And yet those terms are backward. the Orient in the UK was the Ottomans until the Blair-ification of British Society into Bongistan.
Now "The Orient" in the UK is the entire Orient ... in the UK.