gluke bastid said:
RoosterCogburn said: Ponder this...
EVERYONE who has come to America, by choice or by slave trade, has been dealing with the inherent racism of humanity. Humans generally do not like new and different people, and they usually make some kind of name to "label" them.
If you're going to bring the history of the United States into this, you can't just casually ignore the fact that the term nigger doesn't just mean "black person." The term nigger was used for generations in the post-Reconstruction South to remind black people of their place at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Well, no, it rather predates the Civil War. The etymology is as follows; Negro, nigra, nigger. There was no reminder issue involved in the specific word "nigger" any more than in the specific word "negro" or, eventually, "colored". Sorry, this is just nonsense.Quote: The use of the word nigger as a tool went hand in hand with the terrorist tactics of the Klu Klux Klan and was designed to strike a specific fear of violent rebuke into the heart of oppressed recently freed black populations. Such as "a nigger has no place in a voting booth."
It never was a tool, it was just the word used, until the last half century or so, when it took on a derogatory connotation above and beyond the normal discriminatory aspect, as in discriminating black from white or apple from orange. "A negro has no place in the voting booth" was probably more common.Quote: You're half-assed attempt at a history lesson of racial labelling in America is idiotic.
Your quarter-assed attempt at a linguistic lesson is far more creative. As in complete nonsenseQuote: It doesn't get more pejorative than the word "nigger"
Who gives a fuck? Anyway, this is utter bilge as well. Although Negroes all over this country affectionately refer to each other as "nigger" I don't think the same could be said of the word "cunt" and its use among women. You quite clearly have absolutely zero idea of what you are talking about.Quote:
Quote: WOPs, kykes, beaners, spics, micks, chinks... and niggers.
You're telling me these terms aren't offensive? That I could walk up to a Puerto Rican gang and call them all Spics without getting my ass rightfully stomped into the pavement? Or that I could walk around the Upper West Side shouting about Kykes without getting a bagel thrown at me? Did I miss something? When did these terms become unoffensive?
Quote: It seems as though everyone but the niggers got over the use of words, went to work, and made lives for themselves. It's been over 150 years and some black people still don't get it.
The thing I love about bigots is that it never takes them very long to reveal what they really think. At first we were arguing about whether or not the term nigger is offensive. Now all of a sudden we've made a quantum leap into prejudice land. I won't bother pointing out that You are blaming race for the poverty of Blacks and assuming that they do the same. I won't bother pointing out that plenty of black people have jobs and have made lives for themselves. I bet the men at the Michael Richards show had jobs. I won't bother pointing out that a lot of white people don't work and are total failures/losers. The brainwashing administered by your Dad and/or John Wayne movies has blinded you to your surroundings. But I will point out something obvious. Whether or not it's appropriate to call black people niggers has NOTHING to do with YOUR belief that its time for them to "get it" and "make lives for themselves."
Come to think of it, what the hell do you mean by that anyway? Could you define "getting it" and "making lives for themselves" for clarity of argument?
I think the point he is trying to make is that instead of this making headlines it is just bullshit and should get the attention it deserves. Which is just about none. Some no talent mouthbreathing moron having a "nigger nigger nigger" rant in a comedy club. This is not a federal case. The niggers need to get over it. Capisce? Yet?
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Quote: When the word no longer offends the race, people stop using it... It loses it's power and fades away becoming a simple punchline, or a quickie racial slur no one takes seriously.
Hmmm. So it's their fault. I suppose we could extend that to other offensive acts. If America weren't so offended by 9/11, Al Qaeda would lose its power and fade away...
This is almost criminally stupid. 3,000 people weren't "offended" by al Qaeda. Are you honestly equating MR's calling somebody a nigger with murder? If you are offended by a word it IS your fault. The word only has exactly as much power as you grant it. You can call me any name you wish. I don't give a fuck. I'm not that stupid. I do, however, give a fuck if you shoot at me. Is this too difficult a distinction for your tender ears to hear or your precious eyes to behold. Call me an asshole? Yeah big deal, genius, is that all you got? Shoot at me? Now you've got my attention. Only a flagrant retard would even attempt to equate the two.Quote:
Quote: Christians hate when people use GOD DAMN, but Christian rappers DO NOT use it!!!
That's why no one takes christian rap seriously.
Anybody who takes any bleatings of any musician seriously is a child.
In regard to this whole non-issue, if I want to call a nigger a nigger I will. If I want to call a cunt a cunt I will. If I want to call a sand nigger a sand nigger I will. If I want to call a spic a spic I will. If I want to call a guinea a guinea I will. If I want to call a polack a polack I will. And not one of them has the right to sue me or punch me. They can call me all kinds of names back and they can ostracise me and maybe even get me fired, but they can't sue me or hit me or prosecute me
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