(June 17, 2014 at 11:37 pm)Jenny A Wrote: This is a problem in the U.S. too. I know a professor who got in trouble for the word "niggardly" which has not entomological connection to the "n word" whatsoever. Nor was it used in a racist way. And that's just a drop in the bucket.
There was actually a US Congressman who was run through the ringer for the exact same "offense" in the 90s.
Just when you think the voting public cannot get stupider ....
