the n-word in today's society is the new 'fuck' of conservative societies
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Aella, I don't have a nice way to say this. As someone who respects free thought and even devil's advocacy, you might want to spend a day reading about the history of the word and the brutality of slavery, lynchings, and segregation before dying on this hill.
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Sure, but this feels a bit orthogonal to my point; as in, the n-word has a similar mythical status as the 'fuck' word a few decades ago that feels very independent of the meaning itself. It's heavily symbolic.
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I think it’s a bit more complicated since it exists for a purely hateful reason, but not everyone who has ever said it in any context is evil.
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I don't think so. It's a sign to accuse people of being racist, like previously with communists.
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But sort of in reverse. The N word used to be acceptable to a huge group of people; now it's practically forbidden. I contrast the F word went from being generally forbidden to being more acceptable. The racism behind the N word's history also makes it very different.
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