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This gives me a thread idea.

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To be fair - I’ve said for YEARS that the power in the word is in its taboo. I’ve said everyone should say it and it’ll lose its power in short order.


We give NEEGER too much power by insisting it never be uttered.

We rob RACIST of its strength by using it too often.

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Exactly, the day I call you a N***** and you call me a cracker/honkie/whatever and neither of us give a shite.....then it is defeated.

Us white folk have it. You call me cracker or honkie and I could care less. Got to get past it for black folks now.

The only people that can do that right now are people that know each other personally/friends.

When folks stop caring it looses its strength.

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To be fair - I’ve said for YEARS that the power in the word is in its taboo. I’ve said everyone should say it and it’ll lose its power in short order. We give NEEGER too much power by insisting it never be uttered. We rob RACIST of its strength by using it too often.

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It is truly a head scratcher isn't it? The Prog/Dim leftists of society have taken a word, that morphed from the word Negro or Negre and absolutely weaponized the word to destroy people. I would prefer people not hide behind societal shame, I want people to speak freely so I know who they are. When I know who you are I can make an informed decision to either associate with you or check you off my list.

I had an earlier thread that dealt with the issue of weaponized words and used the word "f&ggot" as the unmentionable word. The homosexual folks decided they preferred the word "gay" to describe their sexual preference and now the original meaning of the word gay has been lost and the new meaning has become a derogatory sexual slur.

The point is, society can attach a negative connotation to any word over time, now that word is weaponized.