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> Shouldn't we be aiming for "didn't get called 'nigger'"? No. Getting insulted once in a while is the price we pay for living in an environment that allows fr
by stefantalpalaru 12y ago
> Shouldn't we be aiming for "didn't get called 'nigger'"?
No. Getting insulted once in a while is the price we pay for living in an environment that allows freedom of expression. The alternative is very similar to what people in totalitarian countries do: use the newspeak in public, calling surveillance "the S-word", and speak their mind at home, after checking for listening devices.
- cafard 12y agoHow about "can say it but don't"? Their getting insulted is a price they pay, but not one I pay. They might reasonably object if I say "we pay". And if you have never been in a situation where you are the white stranger in a group of persons wondering whether they can break out the n-word in front of you, you have missed an (obnoxiously0 amusing but uncomfortable situation.