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I must say your posts are incredibly hard to understand... I'm still a bit confused. Anyway, WRT to "slurs", I'm among those who believe that people should foc

by ipince 16y ago

I must say your posts are incredibly hard to understand... I'm still a bit confused. Anyway, WRT to "slurs", I'm among those who believe that people should focus on the meaning of a person's speech, rather than the words they chose to use. If they want to use words like faggot, nigger, spic, etc, so be it, so long as their intention is not derogatory.

sophacles 16y ago
Some words do have derogatory meanings -- as a fundamental point of them. For instance, if I walked up to some guy and said "Hey douchebag, you are a fucking idiot", the meaning is much different than, "Hey guy, you are acting foolishly". While I tend to be forgiving of word choice based on context, the meaning of words and their connotations are pretty important.