This is why they kneel

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Originally Posted by joeyc77

Saying the "n-word" instead of ****** in casual conversation is actually quite racist. It's designed to get the listener to say the word in their own mind. Furthermore, having a word that is so offensive against one race that it can't even be spoken in casual conversation when quoting someone is racist. There's no other word we categorize this way. It's only one word against one race. Essentially, you are saying every other race is better than black people since no other word can cripple an entire race the way ****** can to black people.

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Impressively idiotic logic on display here. :clap:

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Originally Posted by natepro

Litany of straw men here aside, do the rest of the words people say not enter your mind somehow?

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Don't forget that you're talking to the guy that claims fantasizing about violence is a good thing to do.

Can't have someone go from "n word" to "******" in their mind though. :laugh2:

I'm back for a minute Nate. Here are the 7 deadly words:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/270004940135274942/

And spliffy, before there can be "another lie" there first must be an initial lie. I do not lie.

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Originally Posted by catman

I'm back for a minute Nate. Here are the 7 deadly words:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/270004940135274942/

And spliffy, before there can be "another lie" there first must be an initial lie. I do not lie.

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No one is talking about words you can't say on television. :laugh2:

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Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)

Impressively idiotic logic on display here. :clap:

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How's the stoop today, Maude?

I really miss George Carlin and Richard Pryor. Can you imagine how much fun they'd have with Cancel Culture and Joe Rogan,

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Originally Posted by joeyc77

How's the stoop today, Maude?

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Wow! You know a lot of woman's names.

It's a ****ing beautiful day in Cali today, thanks. 80+ degrees in February, still 78 right now at 5pm. Just finished an 11 mile hike/trail run. Didn't really notice any accessible stoops unfortunately; stoop life can be pretty chill.

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Originally Posted by metswon69

And as many people have told you repeatedly, that's not how black people are using it.

What don't you get?

It's not confusing. You just don't accept the terms in which its used which no one gives a flying **** about. Its not your determination to make nor does anyone have to justify to you why whites and other races shouldn't be using a word that (when others use it) is meant to denigrate black people. Are you going to cry some more that you can't say it?

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oh well if they are using it in a different way that makes the same word completely different. no.

that nobody white could use the word in the same context, endearment, or repeating rap lyrics. what privilege is that?

obviously black people do care, or NAACP/black leaders would not have wanted it to stop.

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Originally Posted by SpecialFNK

oh well if they are using it in a different way that makes the same word completely different. no.

that nobody white could use the word in the same context, endearment, or repeating rap lyrics. what privilege is that?

obviously black people do care, or NAACP/black leaders would not have wanted it to stop.

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It does to them. The predominant use of the word is and has been a racial slur. Thats not how black people use it. Technically its not even the same word because its spelled and pronounced differently.

No I said no one gives a **** what your feelings are in respect to the word. You're in no position to be telling black people what to do with their vernacular.

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Originally Posted by metswon69

It does to them. The predominant use of the word is and has been a racial slur. Thats not how black people use it. Technically its not even the same word because its spelled differently.

No I said no one gives a **** what your feelings are in respect to the word. You're in no position to be telling black people what to do with their vernacular.

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No one is in any position to tell anyone else what to do with their vernaular though. I think everyone should live by the motto of treating others the way you want to be treated and don't be a dick. Seems pretty simple to me. This silliness of being able to use words or not based on skin color does nothing to brIng people together and that should be the ultimate goal. People's intentions and demeanor should matter, not words.

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Originally Posted by joeyc77

No one is in any position to tell anyone else what to do with their vernaular though. I think everyone should live by the motto of treating others the way you want to be treated and don't be a dick. Seems pretty simple to me. This silliness of being able to use words or not based on skin color does nothing to brIng people together and that should be the ultimate goal. People's intentions and demeanor should matter, not words.

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Intentions and demeanor doesn't make the word all of a sudden innocuous. You don't get to erase the vile history of these slurs just because race relations are better than they used to be. If you think words are equally offensive, have a black person yell "cracker" in front of a crowd of white people. Then have a white person yell the n-word in front of a crowd of black people. What do you think will illicit the more significant response? What do you think has been more racially charged for centuries?

You and I both know why that's the case.

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Originally Posted by metswon69

It does to them. The predominant use of the word is and has been a racial slur. Thats not how black people use it. Technically its not even the same word because its spelled and pronounced differently.

No I said no one gives a **** what your feelings are in respect to the word. You're in no position to be telling black people what to do with their vernacular.

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Nobody fights harder to say the n-word than random white people. It's like they are told that they can't say it and it becomes all they want to do. I genuinely don't get it.

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Originally Posted by SpecialFNK

oh well if they are using it in a different way that makes the same word completely different. no.

that nobody white could use the word in the same context, endearment, or repeating rap lyrics. what privilege is that?

obviously black people do care, or NAACP/black leaders would not have wanted it to stop.

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Seriously, Google is free. "Linguistic reappropriation." I've even spelled it out for you.

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Originally Posted by joeyc77

No one is in any position to tell anyone else what to do with their vernaular though. I think everyone should live by the motto of treating others the way you want to be treated and don't be a dick. Seems pretty simple to me. This silliness of being able to use words or not based on skin color does nothing to brIng people together and that should be the ultimate goal. People's intentions and demeanor should matter, not words.

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I've found nothing brings people together more than causally dropping the n-word in conversation.

Apologies for making you a racist just now.

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Originally Posted by metswon69

Intentions and demeanor doesn't make the word all of a sudden innocuous. You don't get to erase the vile history of these slurs just because race relations are better than they used to be. If you think words are equally offensive, have a black person yell "cracker" in front of a crowd of white people. Then have a white person yell the n-word in front of a crowd of black people. What do you think will illicit the more significant response? What do you think has been more racially charged for centuries?

You and I both know why that's the case.

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It's the case because the word is associated with a time in which white people enslaved and treated black people horrifically. My question is why keep black people stuck in the past when they were treated so horrific? White people are no better or worse than black people. We shouldn't hold the ability to cripple them with one word. If I'm in a confrontation with a black person and they say "i hope your child dies of cancer." That's a horrible thing to say. Are you saying me calling them one word is somehow worse? That's not equality. As a society, we need to stop giving the word so much power. It only keeps us stuck in the past.