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Originally Posted by urgeok
not being there to see the circumstances .. i still think it was wrong ..
racial slurs are never right .. ever.
no matter how mad or pissed you are ...
if it was white guys would he go off on them for being white ? ... nope
you want to see what people are really like ... see them under pressure.
i dont care what race creed or colour someone is - if they do me wrong - they are just assholes .. no colour attached.
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True, but i heard some interesting points about htis on the radio this morning. They were talking to Patrice O'Niell (who is black) and he pointed out that it didnt sound particularly racist to him at all, until he apologized.
whithin the stand up community, they apparently retaliate against hecklers with whatever ammunition they can drag out, and sometimes they go for the really dirty stuff, the idea being to crush the person so thoroughly they shut up and stay that way.
Would I go there? No. But as i have stated before, the word only has as much power as you give it, and I doubt the average black person these days has the need or the experiences necesarry to justify some of their hostility and sensitivity.
Now, dont get me wrong. I think the First Ammendment should not cover neo-nazis and the KKK. i think their hate propganda should get them locked up, but i think the world needs to get over a lot of this shit. I dont care how much hate is behind it, "Cracker" is just STUPID.
I personally refuse to use "that word", but i think its impact is not what it used to be. I imagine quite a few people get offended because that is how they are supposed to act.
I may be way off base here. Im a white guy who is tired of EVERYONE whining about how they are owed something because their ancestors got treated badly.
I would love to know how Kemal weighs in on this. He is probably one of the most insightful people here, which is why he never says anything.