let the ''n'' word die it is evil and disgusting and a long curse on black people it should be a crime to even use it do u agree?
2007-07-09 11:24:23 · 26 answers · asked by mishoney 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I hate the word too. But I have a problem with abridging free speech. Who gets to decide what is hate and what is not. Making it illegal sets a precedent.
2007-07-09 11:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Whatever. A word is a word. I don't know why its a big deal. It is kind of hypocritical that 99.9% of all the popular rap music uses that word constantly. I believe it is the same super religious right wing that try to dictate what everyone else should be doing,saying,watching, or otherwise thinking, blowing this way out of proportion. Before you idiots go off on me for saying that, I do know what you are going through. My whole life I have been called wet back,burrito,s*ic, and otherwise degraded and called racial slurs. So I am just calling it as I see it.
2007-07-09 18:32:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with anyone using an ethnic slur or racial epithet of any kind...
...not so much because I wish to use them, - but because I feel everyone should have the freedom to express themselves as they see fit, provided their expressions do not exhibit, what Justice O. W. Holmes called, "a clear and present danger".
That there are those who wish to have certain words 'banned' is just another sad realization that our society continues to try to erase the already woefully blurred line between what is acceptable expression and what is not, - between what is humor and what is insult, - between what is real and what is imagined.
We are quickly becoming a society of Oprah-watching, thin-skinned "whiners":
>My kid is failing in school, so it must be a teacher's fault...
[NO! Your kid is lazy and inattentive because you have failed to discipline your kid's behavior.]
>I'm an alcoholic, so it must be my parents' fault...
[NO! You are a drunken sot because you have found it easier to seek sympathy for the pathetic conditions brought on by your lack of self-control than to exercise your willpower to remedy them.]
>I am overweight , so it must be McDonald's fault...
[NO!... You're a fvcking fat-@ss because you would much rather stimulate your palate by eating a triple Quarter-Pounder with Cheese, Large Fries (and a diet Coke) than stimulate your metabolism by exercising.]
>I'm mad because somebody said something that I didn't like...
[NO! You are mad because you have been conditioned to be so by those who see political-correctness as a tool to gain sympathy, --- and all the benefits that now go with it.]
Must I go on?...
Words are just that: Words...
To get upset at something that someone says, especially when it is obviously in jest, is the mark of an addled mind.
It's time to put down the dogma of political correctness so that we may, once again, --- not take ourselves so damn seriously...
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2007-07-09 18:45:59 · answer #3 · answered by Saint Christopher Walken 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Our Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, even if that speech is disgusting. However, there are civil repercussions for defamation, libel, slander, and other abuses of free speech. For example, the FCC can fine you for using obscene speech on broadcast TV or radio.
Also, hateful speech can be proof of other wrongdoings, such as hate crimes or unfair hiring practices. Using hate speech against someone on the job is illegal harrassment.
Although I would be against making a word illegal, if someone constantly uses a word against me in stressful circumstances, it might constitute harrassment, which I think is a minor misdemeanor.
2007-07-09 18:28:37 · answer #4 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I don't like the word. Nor do I like ****, Beaner, Mic, Wop, Guinie, Eye-talian, Krout, Frog, Yank, Slant eye, Hun, Red Man, Yellow Man, Oriental, Fag, ******, Fairy, Retard, Mongloid, and a bunch of other derogatory words. But remember, they are words, and made by us to be used. You can not control peoples feelings. If they believe a black person is a ******, then they have every right to do that. Your job is not to silence it, but use it to choose to not associate yourself with those kinds of people. Learn to educate others why it is bad.
2007-07-09 18:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but again, black people use it so much themselves, it tends to look bad when those same people are complaining about its use. Besides, other ethnicities have words people call them, yet no one ever complains so much about being called a "cracker" or "chink" or whatever the hell else people want to deem each other. Just some things to think about.
2007-07-09 18:29:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have many black friends who use it in many contexts.I dont like the f word i dont like to hear Gods name being used in vain(one of the top ten)offensive and inconsiderate words are not the problem.Its the people using them.The problen is the human heart.
2007-07-09 18:29:10 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Clean 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it should be a crime to use, it only has a negative meaning if we let it. It's better to educate people on the meaning and why it is offensive rather than making it criminal.
2007-07-09 18:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by Annie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then wouldn't it be fair to get rid of the hundreds of other racial, social, religious, sexist, and ethnic slurs used against other peoples, as well as blacks? The word won't die as long as people use it.
2007-07-09 18:29:31 · answer #9 · answered by rdb_tigers101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only time I ever used this word was quoting from a Tony Campolo sermon where he called Jesus this.
Yes, it is offensive, and we should all remove it from our vocabulary. Obviously this is not going to happen 100%, but it is a nice thought.
2007-07-09 18:27:59 · answer #10 · answered by Greg L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋