re: #4 CuriousLurker

I saw no such insinuation. He wasn’t speaking in general terms, he was talking specifically about racism—white-on-black racism and its history.

Referring to the text I originally quoted it’s obvious that he’s wrapped a little bow on her. She talks this way, therefore she thinks this way, therefore she’s exactly what’s wrong with the world and example of what “I am not”.

So if someone who disliked your mom/sister/daughter/wife walked up to her and called her the c-word, you’d just shrug it off (and expect her to shrug it off)? Somehow I doubt it.

If someone who disliked X walked up to her and demonstrated his dislike without even saying a word I wouldn’t shrug it off. Is c*nt different than bitch or witch or ill tempered or mean or smelly or oogie oogie?

This is absurd. Do you talk the same way here as you when speaking with family members at home? What about at work or when applying for a job? What about when pulled over by the police? What about at a party with friends?

What I do and what I should have to do are not the same thing. What you make clear by this statement is that we all lie all the time so people won’t know what we really think. It’s lame.

If we never censored ourselves there would likely be a lot more blood flowing in the streets every day than there already is.

I don’t disagree but should it be that way?

What word means exactly the same thing as n*****, with all of its history?

For example?

I’m not going to sit here and list a bunch of slurs that mean the same as the slur being discussed but you know there are lots and lots and lots. The point I made at the end is that everyone is fine if Paula Deen hates black people and thinks about it every single day as long as she doesn’t use a word someone thinks is offensive.