(June 5, 2017 at 7:03 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Special case? Some folks privileged to use that word when most of the world isn't allowed? Sorry, that just don't work for me.
I think the reasons highlighted above are sufficient. Pick up a history book. "Nigger," in most contexts, is a massively charged word with a special history.
Some communities co-opt words for their own use. Not sure it's too much en vogue now, but when I was in San Diego, I had a group of gay friends that would call each other "fag" or "faggot." Amongst themselves, it was alright, but if someone they didn't know called them a "faggot" it meant something different.
Yes, it is a double standard. Sometimes 400 years of slavery earns you a double standard.
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