Posted on 02/13/2023 6:32:28 AM PST by rktman
I had a conversation not long ago with a young, uber-leftist family member about the morality of using ‘the n-word’ in any context. To be clear, we weren’t debating the morality of using the word to harm others. That’s really not debatable anyway. If you use that word, or any other racial slur, to purposefully denigrate another human being, I think we can all agree that’s morally repugnant, no matter where you get your morals. No, we were specifically discussing the mere utterance of the syllables themselves and whether there was a moral difference depending on the intent and context in which the syllables were uttered.
Her argument was that even uttering what I later referred to as the “magical syllables” was a moral crime equally as great as, say, a KKK member shouting the slur at a black man on the streets of 1960s Birmingham, Alabama. Now as a sane, rational person, you may laugh at that. You may even insist that even most leftists wouldn’t agree with that assessment. But I wouldn’t dismiss it out of hand. Leftists, in their Puritanical desire to craft a rainbow utopia where nobody except straight white men gets their feelings hurt, have been increasingly known for their failure to understand nuance of any kind.
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Yep
Only if it’s against “white” people.
Like Patrick Mahomes.
I say a racial slur to stop a moving person...
They call themselves the n word in every other sentence. Once that stops they got something to bitch about when others say it...
“But this leftist-programmed chatbot’s reaction”
It almost certainly has nothing to do with the politics of the programmers. ChatGPT gets it’s information from millions of pages on the internet so any bias or inaccuracy (or accuracy for that matter) comes from those documents.
But remember that other racially charged words derogatory words get a pass from leftists, even on television: hillbilly, hick, redneck, maybe others.
cold and bitter
“Her argument...”
Bingo.
i had a server frown at me when i asked for black coffee, “you’re supposed to say PLAIN, not black” I said forget it and left.
some folks are just annoying.
I thought it was interesting that the ChatGPT said this:
>> No, it is never morally acceptable to use a racial slur, even in a hypothetical scenario like the one described [to prevent a nuclear bomb from going being launched]. <<
when for decades I have heard people say Catholics are unreasonable to avoid mortal sin, such as taking God’s Name in vain, in order to avert a similar situation.
A “racial slur”? OK “Jeff Gordon was a lousy driver” or “Jimmy Johnson drove like my great aunt fanny who was blind as a bat”
Good! I might have answered “really? That’s asinine, because coffee without anything in it is black, not “plain”. I’ll find a other resteraunt that isn’t crippled by wokism”
I thought "white" was bad???
Stop a nuclear bomb, Ninjas can do anything.
If it were up to me, there would be no more nuclear bombs.
Yeah, you Q-tip! My feelings are SOOOOOOOO hurt! Not!
I like my coffee like I like my women: Hot, strong and black.
OMG!? Seriously?
PHUQUIN’ AYYY !
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