Posted on 02/13/2015 11:58:22 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Ilyasah Shabazz says rappers using the N-word are ridiculous and says that if they are using it, everyone should be allowed to say it.
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And if Ray Rice can knock out his fiancee...
Wrong. It’s a trap for Whitey.
Wow—she really looks like Malcolm.
LOL, she’s going to end up like daddy.
She makes sense in this regard. Is she this logical all the time?
It’s a tacky word and no one should use it.
No different, however, than any other given foul word, many of which I’ve been known to utter when slamming my knuckles against a cold engine block when my wrench slips.
Seems ironic that both the reporter and X’s daughter didn’t use the word. Just called it the “n-word”.
I’m wondering if there are any other words in our language that are meant to be demeaning and nasty to a race, creed or religion? If so, why aren’t they “banned”.
Quite niggardly of the reporter’s verbosity to not utter the n-word.
She does look like him.
I think the point is nobody should use the term and if it’s ok for anyone it’s ok for all.
“She makes sense in this regard. Is she this logical all the time?”
Good question.
Probably not, but who knows.
There is a lot of weirdness in this world. For example, the Nation of Islam often sound like out and out conservatives on lots of things.
That may be true. But the consequences should be social shunning, not legal penalties.
“Would Malcolm X vote for Barack Obama?”No. Anyone who has listened to the speeches given by Malcolm X would know this.
Also of course everyone should be allowed to use that word as it is part of Freedom of speech to be free to viewed as a complete and total ignorant jackass when one so chooses.
She looks like a shemale Malcolm X.
Wasn’t taking the prohibition of the word, seriously. I certainly don’t need anyone’s permission to use it, should I find it apt.
I’m wondering if there are any other words in our language that are meant to be demeaning and nasty to a race, creed or religion? If so, why aren’t they “banned”.
You mean like me, French, Frog? My former Italian assistant Olive Picker? A half-Lebanese friend Sand Jockey? All of these names that we sometimes call ourselves because they are kind of funny.
There are Beaners, Wetbacks and Kikes.
There are two of my blonde friends who trade Dumb Blonde jokes with each other.
There is my Chinese friend who calls us all Low-Fons.
And many more but most of us sometimes enjoy our ethnic nicknames.
But these names are not banned, as far as I know.
“Would Malcolm X vote for Barack Obama?”No. Anyone who has listened to the speeches given by Malcolm X would know this.”
Malcolm X would not support Obama’s attacks on white culture since by the end he was encouraging blacks to be the best they could be, not the laziest they could be.
But whether he would vote for him is iffy. LL Cool J always voted Republican until along came Obama and he voted for him because of the color of his skin
Seriously, no Jews use the K word in casual jest. Just no. So I understand the N word. Words mean things. It is not ok to use the F word constantly. I bet even gays don’t meet a new pal and say, “hi, you c...s...er.”
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