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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]Number23
(24,544 posts)134. Really?
I will confess to having muttered the N word under my breath a few times, always in response to some news report or another about truly egregious criminal behavior involving violent street gangs.
Do you bust out with "cracker," "snowflake" or any of the slew of pejoratives towards whites when you see news items on serial killers, mass murderers, or meth dealers?
Do you bust out with "cracker," "snowflake" or any of the slew of pejoratives towards whites when you see news items on serial killers, mass murderers, or meth dealers?
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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