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"Nigger" is not a terrible word because it means "black" as it always did. "Slave" is not a terrible word because it means "a person that is the property of ano
by stefantalpalaru 11y ago
"Nigger" is not a terrible word because it means "black" as it always did. "Slave" is not a terrible word because it means "a person that is the property of another" now, even though it meant "Slav" at some point in the past.
BTW, since "literally" became the synonym of its antonym what's the point in using it any more?
- emodendroket 11y agoNo, I mean, you are quite literally, in the traditional sense of that word, arguing that etymology is more important when the modern meaning of the word is offensive, and that the modern meaning of the word is more important when the etymology is offensive. No, that word is not offensive because of the etymology meaning "black;" consider that using the term "black" is not at all offensive.
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoYou seem to believe that "nigger" means something different than "black" nowadays. What's this new meaning?
- emodendroket 11y agoThey're certainly not interchangeable, but you don't really believe they are anyway.