[quote=“TonyZ, post:21, topic:487”]Neighbor Scout.
Besides, how will some of my friends react if I suddenly started to say ‘n-word, please?’ Oh wait, we do say that once and a while, but it’s ironic. Culturally, nigger (and vocalizing ‘nigger’ is much more worse than my actual use ‘nigga’) is more appropriate for me and some of my friends. Of course I have white friends who are shocked to hear a teacher say it in the ‘meta’ context, and they don’t know my other friends.
I actually do see why pussy, when used derogatorily, sucks way worse than nigger. It’s harder to justify, whereas the female community has embraced bitchy and even cunty, pussy is usually a sexy word, not a mean one.
I guess the only thing I’ll really be able to expose here is how snide and cynical me and my friends are, and how at 27, the only people I care to not offend are the people I want to be my friends. But really, I don’t care if I offend my friends. If offense were a game, it would be our national pastime. Maybe that makes us twisted. I think it keeps us sane.
It would be different if I balked at whitey or cracker, but I have a few t-shirts with those very words. Somehow organically, we grew into the angry labels, and transformed them. I don’t think I’m going to get anywhere else to organically bring these points home to people who weren’t there when it happened.[/quote]
mind if I reply now