2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBen Carson:Obamacare is the worst thing since SLAVERY
Stupid n*gro if you were around during slavery you wouldn't be part of freeing them http://www.politico.com/multimedia/video/2013/10/ben-carson-compares-obamacare-to-slavery.html
moriah
(8,311 posts)Even if they *are* stupid?
I alerted on this, the email suggested I wasn't the first alerter but apparently a jury voted 2-4 to accept your statement.
Shameful.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)It's used ALL the time on SiriusXM'S the URBAN VIEW.So I don't know why this would be considered offensive on DU now if it was the other word that rimes with it then that would be a different story
moriah
(8,311 posts)If you thought it was inoffensive, you wouldn't have tried to censor yourself.
we can do it
(12,205 posts)Jury of trolls?
moriah
(8,311 posts)... is a GREAT organization!
Calling someone a "stupid" *anything* that references their race is blatantly offensive.
Igel
(35,362 posts)They decided years ago that spelling out that "N", viewing it as an anachronistic embarrassment.
Similar reasoning leads us to think that since NAACP still uses the word "colored" it's also a perfectly fine term for referring to African-Americans.
Heck, OPs on DU in the last few years have been pilloried for citing South African sources that used the word "colored", even though in South African English it refers to those whose genes were in South Asian a century ago.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)GusFring
(756 posts)LOL, is this the White Liberal Guilt conservatives speak of?
moriah
(8,311 posts)If something is going to be acceptable because of the skin color of the person saying it, but in general unacceptable from a different race, then it *probably* should only be used when the full context of the comment is available -- aka, in person or with people who know you in the flesh. At least, IMHO that would be the prudent course of action. On DU, I treat everyone like they have no skin color at all, and alert based on the same community standards for everyone.
BillyRibs
(787 posts)House slave, Just in not so nice terms.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)is giving people health care somehow equivalent to people being held somewhere and worked against their will for no pay.
Azathoth
(4,611 posts)A black guy with solid academic credentials who panders to rightwing racists by saying publicly all the things they scream in the privacy of their cars while listening to the Limbaugh show.
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)Make him Chairman of Ignorant Communications Department.