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Originally Posted by Twisp
Yeah, they definitely came through all right. lol
Whether VBulletin allowed them or not wasn't the point. D4T said that "redneck" is just as hateful as the other word, but he would never think to say or write down the other word, whereas he has no issue doing so with "redneck". Therefore, he must know that the other word is much stronger and hateful than "redneck".
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I agree with you - and not with D4T on this one. I use "redneck" playfully. Would "redneck" be more akin to some one saying "ghetto" in the way that word is used?
I always thought that the African Americans who used the "n- word" did so to try and wear down some of the hateful aspects of the word, king of like the way "Jan Kaas" ("John Cheese" - as in "You cheese eating Dutch !#@#%!!") was won over by the Dutch and eventually became "Yankees."
If that is the case, how "black" does one have to be to use the "n- word?" Laura Sclessinger is obviously "Too white." Maybe we can use her as an extreme. On the other end? Serena Williams is fairly "dark" - so can she freely use the "n-word?" So, can someone "in between" like George Clooney (who's fairly dark for a "white") or Halle Berry (who is about as dark as Clooney) use the "n word?"
There's an interesting discussion here:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m.../ai_n26712135/
I know what it's like to be harassed as a kid because of the color of your skin... and I'm a "redneck." Like I said before, "color" is nonsense. Ultimately, most of the arguments about "color" end up in nonsense - from all sides and in all colors.
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