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I'm simply going to have to accept that human beings excel at rationalizing the use of language LanternWaste Dec 2014 #1
Yup. One very long thread of rationalization going on currently. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2014 #7
we have no chance of an advanced life form visiting Earth olddots Dec 2014 #2
could you imagine if that happened... SummerSnow Dec 2014 #30
Here's a lighthearted tip: ZERO dollars. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #3
No ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #18
Offensive and stupid LittleBlue Dec 2014 #4
i was told that word ending in a was not the same word ending in er belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #5
Unless you were "told" that by an African-American male, I'd suggest using neither. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #10
i dont use either and it was. it was a discussion about how black americans call themselves belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #12
Point to consider ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #21
i agree i dont like either word that word isnt just a word there's a horrible history around belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #26
I can't help wondering why so many white people need to find a reason to tblue37 Dec 2014 #11
what makes you think im a white person? belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #15
I am not referring to you specifically--but to the person who assumed she could use that word tblue37 Dec 2014 #17
oh ok belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #23
Well, the correct answer is "can a white person say n****r", = Not Really snooper2 Dec 2014 #22
perhaps you're thinking of the word "niggardly" unblock Dec 2014 #16
How the eff is that "light-hearted"? etherealtruth Dec 2014 #6
How is that a "light-hearted joke?" City Lights Dec 2014 #8
Just because someone chooses to call themselves a n***a on their facebook page Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #9
Whenever people say, literally, "The "N" Word" or type "n****r", it is an excuse snooper2 Dec 2014 #27
he would have been fine if she had modified n***a with 'sexy' arely staircase Dec 2014 #13
If someone called me a "sexy cracka" Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #20
right? nt arely staircase Dec 2014 #28
Are we sure Runningdawg Dec 2014 #14
Are we sure it's not real... LanternWaste Dec 2014 #29
I would not eat that food or pay that check! madashelltoo Dec 2014 #19
"Light-hearted"? Because they didn't write "Trayvon" or "Michael" or "Tamir"? Ken Burch Dec 2014 #24
Similar thing happened to me some 20 years ago. Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #25
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