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What is the actual debate? The magic n-word Im so offended by the sound fainting couch crowd seems to only be using it as an excuse to go after people they alr
by gotoeleven 6y ago
What is the actual debate? The magic n-word Im so offended by the sound fainting couch crowd seems to only be using it as an excuse to go after people they already don't like. Here's Joe Biden using the n-word in a quote yet not a peep from the re-evaluators of this cultural moment.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9146840045 https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9146840045
- tootie 6y agoPesca and McNeil were not quoting someone else. Biden probably wouldn't get away with even a direct quote in 2021 but this was 36 years ago and it was to impugn someone for racist gerrymandering. A commenter on that article actually sums it up nicely: https://defector.com/mike-pesca-slate-suspended/?commentID=f24c401f-3f33-46b7-9eb0-1bc3003d90ad https://defector.com/mike-pesca-slate-suspended/?commentID=f...
- etchalon 6y agoIt's not the "magic n-word", it's a destructive epithet used against an entire race of people over generations. The debate is over what, if any, place the word has in our world, whether it's ever OK to say, and what types of usage we should tolerate. I'd also point out that there was a lot of anger, debate and incrimination over Biden's past racial issues during the primary, and continued anger today over his history. He was only able to survive past the primary because, whatever his history, he had strong alliances, and a wealth of trust, within specific communities of Black Americans who were willing to forgive his past.