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In reply to the discussion: NY case puts N-word use among blacks on trial [View all]dickthegrouch
(3,174 posts)13. We've had exactly the same problem with "Queer"
Some proudly trying to erase the power by using it within the community, and it never being acceptable for unknown or untrusted people to use it.
They are all offensive to someone and, for that reason, have to be used with extreme care by everyone.
I was forbidden to swear as a child. I rarely swear as an adult but when I do, those who know me can be absolutely certain that I'm extremely angry about the topic at hand. All it takes is self restraint, something many americans do not seem to feel is necessary very often.
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You can use it. I don't care and I'm a woman. I think giving these words ALL THIS POWER
valerief
Sep 2013
#4
I disagree that using it as he describes would reduce the power, because we didn't give the words
spooky3
Sep 2013
#7
"no white person has ever used that word in a complimentary fashion, and never will"
bunnies
Sep 2013
#16
I'm not talking about this incident. I'm talking about the right wing tactic of
valerief
Sep 2013
#30
It surely does. To pretend otherwise is absurd, and obnoxious. Probably deeply ignorant, as well.
Judi Lynn
Sep 2013
#21
I tried in vain to curtail the use of that word when I was teaching middle school
marshall
Sep 2013
#35