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The point is that > it was used just about every time a Black person was whipped, chained, beaten, insulted, spat upon, raped, lynched, or otherwise humiliated
by honua 11y ago
The point is that
> it was used just about every time a Black person was whipped, chained, beaten, insulted, spat upon, raped, lynched, or otherwise humiliated and mistreated by White folks.
Since everyone would know what term was being used anyway, why NOT censor it, given it's vile origins? Why continue to say it?
- function_seven 11y agoPrecisely because it is vile. Why did you have to use the word "rape" in your comment? Couldn't you have just said "sexually assaulted"? Or r-ped? I appreciate it when people don't nerf their language, personally. It's just more honest.
- honua 11y agoHonest at the what cost, though? White people continue to try and use the word with whichever excuse they can find. There is a vast difference between the word rape and the N word.
- function_seven 11y agoWhen quoting what someone else actually says, there's no word that should be censored in my opinion. If someone is coming up with excuses to say vile shit, then call them on it. But quoting what someone else actually said isn't trying to "use the word with whichever excuse they can find".
- khedoros 11y ago> Honest at the what cost, though? Good question. What is the cost that you're talking about? Speech has intent behind it. Peatmoss' comment doesn't seem intended to hurt anyone. It seems intended to drive home the unfairness that they (peatmoss) witnessed, and to remind us that racism is still a widespread problem. I don't think that a bowdlerized version of the comment would've had the same impact.
- zhemao 11y agoIf you're directly quoting someone, you should use the words they use. There's a vast difference between using a racial slur yourself and calling out someone who does. And why do you think white people look for excuses to use the word? I haven't heard a White person use it since middle school.