"I hate niggers. That is all."

[PsychGrad]

211. Well - I am not new.

I just haven't posted a lot. I have posted recently bc this issue is a big one for me. I do notice that you aren't the only one who objected, but I also notice that many people saw the quote for what it was - a quote. Two jury decisions and several private messages, and several public - stating that it's not my job to censor what the racist cop wrote.

I talked to my husband about it - and he would be offended IF I used the word. I didn't. A cop used the word, and I quoted him. When my husband asked what the tweet was - I said it, out loud, without censoring - and my husband didn't take it personally from ME - but was pretty disgusted with the cop.

The word IS offensive. But, part of the problem is that when we discuss it out in public, we clean it up - so we don't have to see it or hear it. And, I think that is a problem and I think it hinders our progress forward in that - if we never have to see it or hear it - we don't have to feel its ugliness. That ugliness in the pit of our stomachs when we see it or hear it can be the catalyst for change and progress - if we focus that disgust and anger and energy where it needs to go.

In this thread, many are focusing it on me. That's the problem - its focus should be the cops who texted it to each other. If I soften it for them, then people don't get that pit of the stomach ick - they get that obscure and removed from it "well, that's a shame".

You fight the fight the way you see fit, and I (and my family) will fight it our way. We don't soften it up for the racists - nor do we use the word with one another at all. The only time it is heard or said in our house is when quoting people who DO use it.