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30. I'm not talking about this incident. I'm talking about the right wing tactic of

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 08:08 PM

Sep 2013

political correctness to divert discussion from real issues. There are polite words and impolite words, but this single word power is to the point of it being magical. And all these words I can't even list because of their magical powers (although I can state their first letters, like we're playing some kid's game). That's their magical power.

When I was a kid, there were words I couldn't say. They were swear words. I didn't understand their magical power then, and I don't now. Today, many of those swear words have lost their magical power and have been replaced by those say-first-letter-only words.

An employer giving an unprofessional and inappropriate rant to an employee should be dealt with legally, of course. But it should be the unprofessional and inappropriate rant, not the magical word.

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NY case puts N-word use among blacks on trial [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2013 OP

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