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really need to get rid of the entire term PatrynXX Sep 2013 #1
Why can't I call women the "C word"? JohnnyRingo Sep 2013 #2
Yep. Iggo Sep 2013 #3
+1000 Tom Ripley Sep 2013 #11
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
We ARE the culture. nt valerief Sep 2013 #9
One individual at a time is not the culture. spooky3 Sep 2013 #22
I'm not going to argue that point with you... JohnnyRingo Sep 2013 #10
We give the words that power. We can take it away. I choose to take it away. valerief Sep 2013 #12
So why are you arguing that people should spooky3 Sep 2013 #23
Stop making words magic is a better long-term solution. nt valerief Sep 2013 #24
I agree mpcamb Sep 2013 #25
Whoa! I thought I was a lone voice in the wilderness on this issue! Thanks. valerief Sep 2013 #26
"no white person has ever used that word in a complimentary fashion, and never will" bunnies Sep 2013 #16
I always wonder why JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #5
another way of saying that a free pass depends on context Supersedeas Sep 2013 #32
It's become black or white JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #33
A speaker's race does not excuse a supervisor lecturing cthulu2016 Sep 2013 #6
Clearly and succinctly put! markpkessinger Sep 2013 #18
I've always heaven05 Sep 2013 #8
We've had exactly the same problem with "Queer" dickthegrouch Sep 2013 #13
If Mr. Carmona has a Masters degree enlightenment Sep 2013 #14
A single word should not have power. Strings of words--words in context-- valerief Sep 2013 #15
True enough. enlightenment Sep 2013 #17
Then why is the discussion about a single word that than the string of words? valerief Sep 2013 #19
Because the words around that single word enlightenment Sep 2013 #29
I'm not talking about this incident. I'm talking about the right wing tactic of valerief Sep 2013 #30
Well, then, we were enlightenment Sep 2013 #31
The N-Word DOES have a context that give it both meaning and power. . . markpkessinger Sep 2013 #20
It surely does. To pretend otherwise is absurd, and obnoxious. Probably deeply ignorant, as well. Judi Lynn Sep 2013 #21
hope she takes him to the cleaners Niceguy1 Sep 2013 #27
I have been lectured on DU Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #28
Fair point JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #34
What about "Saltine-American"??????? Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #36
I tried in vain to curtail the use of that word when I was teaching middle school marshall Sep 2013 #35
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