"Black people say nigger all the time but I can't" Does anyone else notice the ridiculousness of this argument?
1) It leads to a generalization that this only happens with the word "nigger" and black people. Many minorities have decided to weaken the offensive strength of their respective racial slurs by referring to each other as these slurs and eventually rebranding their meaning. I've seen Chinese people call each other "chinks" and I've seen homosexual people call each other "fags". It's the same situation.
2) I can call my mother a bitch all I want. But if you call her a bitch I'll get offended and I have the right to. It's not hypocrisy because the context is different. Context is a very important thing in speech. It means people generally won't be offended if you say nigger while reading from a novel.
3) Some will get mad no matter what; some will get mad depending on the context; some will never get mad. That's the nature of humanity. So lets please stop this "Black people are all hypocritical" mentality.
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"Black people say nigger all the time but I can't"
Does anyone else notice the ridiculousness of this argument?
1) It leads to a generalization that this only happens with the word "nigger" and black people. Many minorities have decided to weaken the offensive strength of their respective racial slurs by referring to each other as these slurs and eventually rebranding their meaning. I've seen Chinese people call each other "chinks" and I've seen homosexual people call each other "fags". It's the same situation.
2) I can call my mother a bitch all I want. But if you call her a bitch I'll get offended and I have the right to. It's not hypocrisy because the context is different. Context is a very important thing in speech. It means people generally won't be offended if you say nigger while reading from a novel.
3) Some will get mad no matter what; some will get mad depending on the context; some will never get mad. That's the nature of humanity. So lets please stop this "Black people are all hypocritical" mentality.