RichardInTN
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So if I - who is pretty dang pale even for a Northwestern European - were to greet a bunch of dark skinned people with "hey you n*****s, how's it going?", and just insist that I totally mean it without any racist connotations, like, ZERO, and go on to elaborate that words can't be owned by groups (racists, in this case), then these dark skinned folks would be basically assholes if they got angry at me and pretended there actually objectively were undeniable racist connotations to the N-word, and started attacking harmless, innocent me out of nowhere, who was just politely greeting them?
Which works even better because the N-word, from its etymological history, simply means black. Let's not give Johnny-come-lately racist mass appropriation of a simple description of skin color any concern in our use of words, shall we? N***** and black person are totally synonyms! That's the first historical use, and only that one counts!
Uh huh. Rrrrright.
I'm understanding stuff just fine, thank you. Probably a lot better than you do.
But I also realize from how this thread is going that there are a considerable number of people on here with whom it makes as much sense to discuss secularity, as it does discussing evolution with Young Earth Creationists. It's sad and disappointing (especially on a board whose very topic would suggest that it's frequented by people able and willing to think outside of boxes), but I'll have to leave such people to the comfort of their rigid ideologies, even when they clearly blind them to real-world, verifiable facts and sober logical thinking. I just dearly hope that secular legislation never, ever gets ruined by hardheaded opinions prevailing over more rational minds.
Peace out. (What a stupid thread.)
There's a slight difference between "the N-word" and the word "marriage".
On the one hand, non-blacks can never be black. On the other hand, any two people that want to get married, however, CAN get married.
I've yet to come across a black person supporting "Save the word ni***r! Stop censoring it! We need to keep it a free word for all to use!". If you ever come across one... please let me know. I'll happily support THEIR fight to "normalize" it.