I don't swear in front of my family and I try and avoid the usual offensive words when I'm trying to be polite.
I get why slurs are offensive and shouldn't be used.
What I don't get is when people treat slurs as if saying the word will summon some sort of demon.
Like someone speaking about a racist man might say the man said the n word.
As if saying the word nigger is going to make slave ships rise atop the waves and set sail to Africa again.
I think there has to be some reasonable thought as to if the word is actually being used to offend people or not.
An Irish person called me a polack yesterday because I told him I'm part polish. We were talking all about political correctness, I just found it funny. And he went onto say some pretty kind things about polish people.
I think context is important and not to get too hung up on the words themselves.
I get why slurs are offensive and shouldn't be used.
What I don't get is when people treat slurs as if saying the word will summon some sort of demon.
Like someone speaking about a racist man might say the man said the n word.
As if saying the word nigger is going to make slave ships rise atop the waves and set sail to Africa again.
I think there has to be some reasonable thought as to if the word is actually being used to offend people or not.
An Irish person called me a polack yesterday because I told him I'm part polish. We were talking all about political correctness, I just found it funny. And he went onto say some pretty kind things about polish people.
I think context is important and not to get too hung up on the words themselves.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
