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In reply to the discussion: When you get really angry at someone do you use the N-word or say Faggot? [View all]OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)13. Since you specified "as weapons"
I voted that way. I will never use those words as weapons and/or out of anger.
It does not bother me if I overhear two black people calling each other that - I do not have any idea what's in their hearts and the relationship between these two sample people is none of my business. Same with gay people.
I will not use the words because where I was raised the only way I ever heard them was as a vicious, hateful slur and I don't want any part of acting that way. But that's just for me.
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When you get really angry at someone do you use the N-word or say Faggot? [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
OP
Her only post in 3 months is to say that it's ok to call someone a faggot.
kestrel91316
Mar 2013
#53
Is there a trick to getting the idiots in your life to leave you alone when you're angry?
mythology
Mar 2013
#117
I get speechless. I guess it's a weakness, but what can I do? I just walk away.
dimbear
Mar 2013
#136
I don't condone the use of either word. I can understand that someone pushed to the brink
madinmaryland
Mar 2013
#7
i dont know that i understand being racist because i was pushed to the brink
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#20
I don't. On the other hand, if someone else is looking for something nasty to call...
JVS
Mar 2013
#12
honestly, in my life i have only heard someone using the n-word as a insult once
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#14
As a tactic, I think it works rather poorly to use some slurs. The last thing you want to do when...
JVS
Mar 2013
#29
because african americans haven't lynched each other using that word
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#18
Those things we say in the heat of the moment aptly illustrate both who we are
LanternWaste
Mar 2013
#93
What?! People who use either word when angry have racism and homophobia in their heart
Politicub
Mar 2013
#51
Exactly. I was hoping the poster would have an answer by now, but I guess not.
Number23
Mar 2013
#141
yes, it's still wrong because the underlying assumption is still homophobic
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#62
my answer to that is i am not sure. really. i am not sure how i feel about it.
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#77
there are thousands of insults that are not race based or bigotry based
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#64
there were five people who said it was ok to use those words in limited circumstances
fizzgig
Mar 2013
#70
The thing is this: it is incredibly common to hear vicious, casual homophobia from actual adult
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#74
which is why i think the faggot part of that encounter didnt shock me as much as the use
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#75
People sure as fuck think the one is acceptable, and once you accept the one, the rest will follow.
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#79
there was a lot of defense of hopper on that thread because apparently the paparazzi deserved it
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#80
Yep. Those type words hit two birds with one stone, gays & women. Many hate us both.
Little Star
Mar 2013
#148
dude, you can pretend as much as you want that we live in ahistoric acontextual world
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#86
There have been times, when really provoked, where I have likely uttered something vile, but...
av8rdave
Mar 2013
#88
thats part of my point. without underlying bias, why would these words cross your mind
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#111
I grew up in Oak Park Illinois (very liberal,jewish,polish,irish,hispanic,asian ect...)
4 t 4
Mar 2013
#133
When words like those are used in anger/as a weapon, it IS the very definition of a slur.
Jamastiene
Mar 2013
#138
"They're only words. It's the context that counts. It's the intention behind the words that makes
arely staircase
Mar 2013
#139