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In reply to the discussion: my friend said, "it is never, ever okay for white people to say (n-word)." [View all]Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)yellow people,"g***s", red people "b***n*****s", whites"c*******s", women,"ho's, bitches &"c***s; Gays "f*gs and lesbians "d**es..Right? Because, they're just words. If it doesn't hurt you, why should it matter? To posit that people who are progressives and Democrats should be able to use those words to their hearts content makes it sound like we should be like the right wing. That's what they do, they call people like me those "words" but since you decided that it doesn't matter, I guess I should just forget it and all the history behind it.
That the words that were designed to hurt and degrade, Derby and I suspect that you don't belong in one of those groups who are who were historically oppressed and in many ways, STILL continue to be. And even though I belong a few of those groups, according to you, I don't have any right to feel disgust and I will change my historical perspective accordingly. Thank you for straightening me out.