Racial slurs!

[Thumpalumpacus]

I give it an hour max.  

My question to the OP is, It's not can you post-racial slurs but why do you need to post racial slurs

There are legitimate reasons, as there are also illegitimate ones.  I got hammered a few years back for using a slur humorously.  And talking about how slurs are used can be cumbersome when they must be avoided.  It's a complex topic, made none the easier by Tibbs and company's prior rulings on the matter.

I've mentioned before that I think in the context of discussing the sociological aspect of a slur, typing it out ought not be offensive. I prefer plain language when dealing with hard topics. I understand that not only the staff here but others don't agree with me, and so out of respect I just don't.

Avoiding slurs doesn't put me out. It may weaken the visceral impact of a point I might be making. In discussing the social context of these words, I use them even with my own multiracial family and they understand it. But I can sure see why online, lacking the benefit of nonverbal cues and wider context, such verbiage could be troubling.

I myself hate the idea of any magic words of power that are a-bombs or f-bombs or n-bombs or what-have-you. But when I'm a guest, I abide by house rules even if I know that I'm not violating the spirit of them. I can do letter-of-the-law and how much does that cost me? Right, nothing.

So when someone asks, "Yo, where's the limits, bro?", I'm pretty sure they're looking to edgelord them.