I don't see how anyone could be offended by nigger. It is just a word. What should be banned is if someone says "I hate niggers and they should die".
You cant keep everyone from getting offended in some sort of way so don't even try. Nigger is just as offensive as the word fat. If someone is fat and they get called fat, they're offended. Do we ban the word fat as well?? ugly??
And as regards to people saying there's kids playing this game so we shouldn't say it, explain the high amounts of swearing. It's the internet.
I don't see how anyone could be offended by nigger. It is just a word. What should be banned is if someone says "I hate niggers and they should die".
You cant keep everyone from getting offended in some sort of way so don't even try. Nigger is just as offensive as the word fat. If someone is fat and they get called fat, they're offended. Do we ban the word fat as well?? ugly??
And as regards to people saying there's kids playing this game so we shouldn't say it, explain the high amounts of swearing. It's the internet.
Why do white dudes get super offended by the word nigger, I seriously see this way more often than black folks getting offended. Is it a guilt thing? Do they not want others to perpetuate what they did when yelling the word? Black people should be offended not any other race, black dudes don' want you to get offended for them. We should be seriously asking the Black Community in TB.
Like how many black dudes are commenting on this thread and how man have black friends?
so you're saying instead of deciding to let the mods draw an arbitrary (but reasonable) line in the sand, we should just say "fuck it" and let people spout whatever shitty opinions they want? simply because you personally can't distinguish hate speech from normal banter?
Honestly I think the entire idea of banned words is ridiculous. I don't believe that words, or even opinions (for example Cowmeat's "I hate all Muslims" thing) should be banned outright. I believe that anyone should be able to say and express just about anything, and that everyone else should also be able to judge them according to what they say and express - if somebody is a racist homophobic twit, everyone else is more than welcome to not want to associate with that person. That being said, harassment should still be punished. There's a huge difference between saying "I hate Muslims" or "put the niggers back in the cotton fields" or "God hates fags" or any of that, and actively singling out and harassing members of those minority groups. Let people say and express whatever they want, just don't let them bully others because of their own prejudices.
i know its hard to accept for you straight males but there are words certain groups of people can say that you can't.
just the fact that you used the word "faggot" in your post along with my reasonable assumption that you havent had that word used to tear down your whole fucking IDENTITY and destroy your SELF ESTEEM makes me nauseous because i know you don't give a fuck about the people that happens to.
so why would you defend it unless youve never been a victim of hate speech?