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Originally Posted by Typhoid
Offensive words are only offensive when used offensively.
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Originally Posted by Teuthida
As long as there are people who can still use the word with its original intent, it will always be offensive.
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my footnote: You cannot throw the N-word into a category of bad words (fuck, piss, cunt, shit, crap, damn). Based on the origins of N-word and its definition, it carries contextual racial weight. Regardless if your meaning was racist or not, the word has a racial undertone that precedes your own use of it.
In my opinion...bad words have a category and racial slurs have a category. the social dilemma with the n-word is its common use in popular culture.
Re: A discussion on the "n" word
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