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To: Retired Greyhound

Most decent people don’t use the “n” word, so in that I agree with you, but it is the political hate speech that has turned it into such a big deal. Any politician who has ever said anything remotely racist in their entire lives has it thrown at them until the resign. I’m pointing out that Lebron has benefitted from the use of hate speech protection while he listens to rap filled with that very word. So to me, he is just getting a little taste of what being politically correct actually means. We should all care enough to watch what we say, I agree with that premise, but using it to ruin someone (conservative) is pathetic.


23 posted on 05/10/2011 9:55:07 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (OBL's death is President Bush's fault! ..... thanks GWB!)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Totally agree. Trent Lott and Macaca are two great examples.

Several black basketball players have been taken to the wood-shed for “anti-gay” comments, most recently Kobe Bryant.

PC has run amok.


32 posted on 05/10/2011 10:10:16 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Lebron has benefitted from the use of hate speech protection while he listens to rap filled with that very word.

How do you know he listens to rap?

35 posted on 05/10/2011 10:16:00 AM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Hey, I consider myself a better than decent person, and I use all of the words that are considered perjorative freely. It is my right, and my DUTY to fight against this insidious attack on our language. It is not just something wise written somewhere in a dusty book, "he who controls the language, controls the debate" it is true. So why are we allowing the fear of ridicule to control our speech and therefore our thoughts?

I would never call someone a name that would offend, that is rude and uncalled for. I do use the word Retard...I call my dog that all the time, or tease my grown children with "are you sure you're not a little tar- tar?" F----ot is not a word I commonly use, and it is incredibly stupid that I have to self censor the usage of it. I more than likely use the word Queer, which means strange and really out of the norm. It fits well for homosexuals. The N word, I use the same way black people do in popular culture....What's up my "nigga", whats good for the goose is good for the gander. Nearly every one of my childrens friends use that term in greeting, so it is something not exactly nice that I kind of started using when greeting them.....it makes them laugh anyway...so it can't be bad....even their black friends laugh most heartily. Maybe I am now even in trouble for calling African Americans a color...black.....See we will never win, if we are always in full retreat.

39 posted on 05/10/2011 10:36:57 AM PDT by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics.)
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