Originally Posted by
Insanity
I wonder how many people posted here just to say the word nigga in a bad context. If this was the case it proves fears point that people got to the absolute limit of human ingenuity just to get away with it.
I like the no racism rules and to keep them in place u need to be harsh. Its a word that many african americans feel offended when u use. But also they talk with one another using this word in slang talk. Allowing it will cause endless and pointless discution on semantics of words so better just ban it.
So just to clarify would you like to ban any word that offends people? How is banning words "harsh"?
If you want harsh, just ban people for being racist. No warnings, just ban them immediately. That'll certainly get rid of racism on our forums, but is it really worth the effort to be so tolerant towards the people who get offended by every little thing that could be considered racist (ie anyone who argues that a word is inherently racist no matter the context) that we
suppress the majority.
Yes, I'm aware that the majority isn't racist, but I'm sure that the majority of people don't look at "Hey what's up my nigga" and then immediately hop on tumblr and complain about racism. We're human, not social justice warriors. We just want the freedom to speak our damn minds without being told the way we say things is wrong.
Clear, unadulterated racism is NOT ambiguous. You know it's racist the second you read it. In all accepted uses of the word nigga, it is almost never racist. Read
ACCEPTED.
I'll say it one last time. The word is fine. People are bigots. Ban the people and not the language.