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Sorry I am not American, but in my (European) culture there are some taboo words that are definitely not okay. The equivalent of the American "N-word" being one
by jaster 8y ago
Sorry I am not American, but in my (European) culture there are some taboo words that are definitely not okay. The equivalent of the American "N-word" being one of those.
This is considered to be normal, and people that publicly use this kind of words are generally viewed with contempt. And it could be a reason to get fired from your job.
I believe this to be common across Western European countries (even with the current surge of far-right parties).
- jaster 8y agoDamn, my knee-jerk reaction got the best of me and I missed the full context of that what discussed and replied without nuance. Since I cannot edit anymore, let me correct it here: In the country where I work, using such words in a professional context, even for illustrative purpose such as described in the article, would be rather uncommon, would definitely feels weird and at least raise a few eyebrows. But I have to say I don't think it would usually result in immediate outrage and for the speaker to be fired (I can still see this happening, but it would definitely be the odd occurrence). It would probably be considered more of a well-intended-but-slightly-misguided attempt. So we definitely have such taboo words outside the US, but maybe they are not as strong a taboo here...