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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.