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To be honest, when I hear someone use that word, I do assume it's primarily in service of saying something that sounds like the n-word with plausible deniabilit
by asddubs 6y ago
To be honest, when I hear someone use that word, I do assume it's primarily in service of saying something that sounds like the n-word with plausible deniability. It'd be something else if it was a commonly used word
- valuearb 6y agoI think that’s where it’s use ends. It’s always been a niche word, but with todays common assumption it’s racist few will want use it at all.
- ci5er 6y agoIMHO - you would be wrong. It is a perfectly good word. This horse-shit has to stop.
- dennis_jeeves 6y agoCorrection: this horse-manure has to stop :)
- asddubs 6y agoI don't know, you can tell that some people definitely like to play a verbal version of the "I'm not touching you" game, or get off on telling people "actually, it's not a slur". Obviously I'm not referring to what happened to this professor, though
- DanBC 6y ago> Obviously I'm not referring to what happened to this professor, though Why not? He mispronounced a word, and seems to have deliberately chosen it in order to be provocative. There are a million different pause words he could have used instead.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoI saw a reddit comment not long ago that said something along the lines of "Intelligence is knowing that the word niggardly has a non-racist etymology. Wisdom is deciding not to say it anyways because it's not worth the hassle" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_n...)