Palin DID SOMETHING VERY WRONG | 30 comments (30 topical, 0 hidden)
Im black and your name is fine (5.00 / 2)
Thats like saying the country of NIGER should change its name.


by tical5k on 07/03/2009 11:22:57 PM EST

I'm white and that nick is fine (4.67 / 1)
It's like saying we should be as afraid to talk about Niger as we are to use the word "nigga".  One is okay, the other is allowed on only one occasion:

Still, there does seem to be some dispute in the black community about exactly when it's okay for whites -- or even blacks -- to use the word:

Hmmm... Maybe it will be better for us whites to wait until you blacks have made up your minds.  I don't need any more problems than the ones I've already got.

by EveningStarNM on 07/04/2009 12:13:00 AM EST

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I'm white, so take it with a grain of salt, but... (4.33 / 1)
...we can use the N-word whenever we want.  But be aware it will be within the rights of anyone who hears you to kick your ass.

Also, that second video was pretty funny.

by twosage on 07/04/2009 01:50:08 AM EST

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Getting your ass kicked... (4.50 / 0)
...is the risk we take just by getting up in the morning.  But some things are riskier to do than others, and some of those risks are unnecessary, as well as unprofitable.

Chris Rock's bit is a lot funnier when you hear his setup and the rest of the act.

by EveningStarNM on 07/04/2009 03:22:23 AM EST

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Don't like it. (none / 0)

I heard that same argument about flag burning from Bob Dornan.

I don't like it.

Nobody has the right to kick anyones ass over something like that.

by kurd55 on 07/04/2009 03:59:42 PM EST

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Sure, maybe it's not a ''right''... (none / 0)
...to kick someone's ass for calling a black person a "nigger", but it's going to happen anyway, and the kicker will get more sympathy than the kickee.  When the police come we can only hope that they'll both get locked up,...

...hopefully, but not necessarily, in separate cells.

by EveningStarNM on 07/04/2009 04:21:47 PM EST

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Well to me... (none / 0)
Kicking someones ass is a more serious crime than calling a black person that horrible word---and I admit, it's one of the worst words around---terrible.

Lock someone up for saying that word? Well, that's just nuts. And in reality, it wouldn't happen.

There are a lot of variables, however.

by kurd55 on 07/04/2009 11:51:35 PM EST

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Not for saying the word (none / 0)
No, I wouldn't want to lock someone up for saying the word.  But anyone white person who calls a black person a "nigger" -- or any black person that calls a white person "white trash" (I think we need to let them slide on "honky" because it's such a funny word) -- maybe should be put in protective custody for being too stupid to get out of the way of an oncoming bus.

by EveningStarNM on 07/05/2009 12:30:42 AM EST

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Say what? (none / 0)

"within the rights of anyone who hears you to kick your ass"

I doubt that very much.

Time to rethink that one, pal.

by kurd55 on 07/04/2009 11:57:53 PM EST

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Palin DID SOMETHING VERY WRONG | 30 comments (30 topical, 0 hidden)