Do you feel Racial Slurs can be used in a way that isn't racist?

I'm not interested in the meanings people have slapped onto words to turn them into insults.

I live in the real world, where if someone says something, the meaning is based on context and it's actual meaning, not on how people used the word hundreds of years ago.

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I'm not interested in the meanings people have slapped onto words to turn them into insults.

I live in the real world, where if someone says something, the meaning is based on context and it's actual meaning, not on how people used the word hundreds of years ago.

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I'm not interested in the meanings people have slapped onto words to turn them into insults.

I live in the real world, where if someone says something, the meaning is based on context and it's actual meaning, not on how people used the word hundreds of years ago.

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Yet again...in the real world...words have meaning. You can't change the meaning to suit your needs. There is NO communication without definition.

LJS9502_basic

Would you mind explaining why you feel maintaining such a negative connotation is needed; when there are neutral, non offensive meanings available?

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] Words have multiple definitions. I'm using the words denotation, not some connotation dreamt up by racists. Unless i use the word in a manner that would suggest I'm being racist, i should not be labeled racist simply because of what happened hundreds of years ago.Nibroc420

Would you mind explaining why you feel maintaining such a negative connotation is needed; when there are neutral, non offensive meanings available?

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] The word has a specific meaning.....and it's a negative meaning. It is what it is. I cannot fathom why you feel the need to use a word that has that meaning to start with. If one REALLY wanted to use a complimentary expression....they do, in fact, exist. LJS9502_basic

Would you mind explaining why you feel maintaining such a negative connotation is needed; when there are neutral, non offensive meanings available?

[QUOTE="With-Hatred"]

limiting freedom of speech is a slippery slot towards totalitarianism.

Omni-Slash

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"]= Actually it does ;) Nibroc420

Here is the definition 1.Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive . 2. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive . a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc. 3. a victim of prejudice ; person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised. :

There is NO positive definition to this word. NONE.

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Show me where that word has another meaning other than being applied to a specific race.harashawn

Google Search, "Define *****" Source is Wiktionary Nibroc420

I dont see the word "Vulgar"Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] I dont see the word "Vulgar"LJS9502_basic

Wheres that?

I dont see it.

Perhaps you're simply relying on negative connotations? rather than the actual definition.

Why do you keep bleeping out the word when you type it if it's perfectly okay to use it?

I dont see it.

Perhaps you're simply relying on negative connotations? rather than the actual definition.

Nibroc420

Uh... no. There's definitely the word "vulgar" right in front of that exact definition.

I dont see it.

Perhaps you're simply relying on negative connotations? rather than the actual definition.

Nibroc420

And I posted the definition from an actual dictionary up above though I note you ignored it since it is the opposite of what you say.;)

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I dont see it.

Perhaps you're simply relying on negative connotations? rather than the actual definition.

Silverbond

Uh... no. There's definitely the word "vulgar" right in front of that exact definition.

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I dont see it.

Perhaps you're simply relying on negative connotations? rather than the actual definition.

LJS9502_basic

And I posted the definition from an actual dictionary up above though I note you ignored it since it is the opposite of what you say.;)

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I dont see it.

Perhaps you're simply relying on negative connotations? rather than the actual definition.

Nibroc420

Uh... no. There's definitely the word "vulgar" right in front of that exact definition.

Wiktionary?

Yet again...in the real world...words have meaning. You can't change the meaning to suit your needs.LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Yet again...in the real world...words have meaning. You can't change the meaning to suit your needs.HNNNGH

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Silverbond"]

Uh... no. There's definitely the word "vulgar" right in front of that exact definition.

Silverbond

Wiktionary?

[QUOTE="HNNNGH"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Yet again...in the real world...words have meaning. You can't change the meaning to suit your needs.LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] There isn't, and i provided proof... dont know where you're getting your info from?Nibroc420

Wiktionary?

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

I dont see it.

Perhaps you're simply relying on negative connotations? rather than the actual definition.

Nibroc420

Uh... no. There's definitely the word "vulgar" right in front of that exact definition.

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] There isn't, and i provided proof... dont know where you're getting your info from?Nibroc420

Wiktionary?

Me and LJ both see "vulgar" and only you don't.

Something is wrong on your end.

[QUOTE="HNNNGH"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Yet again...in the real world...words have meaning. You can't change the meaning to suit your needs.LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Silverbond"]

Uh... no. There's definitely the word "vulgar" right in front of that exact definition.

bigdcstile

[Please find a source that is NOT supported by those who wish to change the definition of "Black Person" to mean something negative.

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="HNNNGH"]1. What determines word meanings? 2. How do you account for the change in word meanings over time?Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Silverbond"]

Wiktionary?

Silverbond

Me and LJ both see "vulgar" and only you don't.

Something is wrong on your end.

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Silverbond"]

Wiktionary?

Silverbond

Me and LJ both see "vulgar" and only you don't.

Something is wrong on your end.

Please point it out for me?

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] There isn't, and i provided proof... dont know where you're getting your info from?Nibroc420

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="HNNNGH"]1. What determines word meanings? 2. How do you account for the change in word meanings over time?Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] Word changes over time is not the same thing as individual A deciding he doesn't accept the definition of a word now is it?bigdcstile

The word was not created by racists.

The Denotation(dictionary meaning) is : Black person, negro, african american.

the Connotation(meaning given to the word by racists) is offensive, yes. However i wish to simply ignore this connotation, as it does not accurately represent the true definition of the word.

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] I provided a Picture of my source, are you suggesting my picture is altered? Perhaps you just altered Wiktionary?Nibroc420

Me and LJ both see "vulgar" and only you don't.

Something is wrong on your end.

Please point it out for me?

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] I provided a Picture of my source, are you suggesting my picture is altered? Perhaps you just altered Wiktionary?Nibroc420

Me and LJ both see "vulgar" and only you don't.

Something is wrong on your end.

Please point it out for me?

n*****

1. (vulgar, see usage notes) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent. [quotations ▼]
   • Huckleberry Finn, in the eponymous novel by Mark Twain. It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a n****; but I done it[sic], and I warn't[sic] ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. I didn't do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn't done that[sic] one if I'd a knowed[sic] it would make him feel that way.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'On the City Wall', In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 435: The Captain was not a nice man. He called all natives 'n******', which, besides being extreme bad form, shows gross ignorance.
   • Hotel RwandaYou are not even n*****, you are Africans.
2. (slang, often considered offensive) A person of Negro descent who acts in an unapproved manner, usually as a badass. [quotations ▼]
   • Chris RockI love black people, but I hate n*****
3. (African American Vernacular) Informal term of address.

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

Me and LJ both see "vulgar" and only you don't.

Something is wrong on your end.

bigdcstile

Please point it out for me?

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] I'm using the true meaning of the word. Not the meaning that was used by racists. I am not racist, and as such would not use the word in such a manner. I suggest you stop clinging to the meanings that were senselessly attached to the word, changing it's meaning so it would demean blacks.Nibroc420

The word was not created by racists.

The Denotation(dictionary meaning) is : Black person, negro, african american.

the Connotation(meaning given to the word by racists) is offensive, yes. However i wish to simply ignore this connotation, as it does not accurately represent the true definition of the word.

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

Please point it out for me?

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"]

It's called going to the original webpage. Dude, you're trying oh so very hard to ty and twist thte world into proving you right when, a simple click on the very link IN YOUR PICTURE!!!! disproves you.

Nibroc420

You can't be serious.

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"] It's called going to the original webpage. Dude, you're trying oh so very hard to ty and twist thte world into proving you right when, a simple click on the very link IN YOUR PICTURE!!!! disproves you.

toast_burner

Although as you can see below it, it's source is wikitonary.

[QUOTE="bigdcstile"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

Please point it out for me?

Nibroc420

I provided no link, please do not make it out like i did.

Nibroc420