I was just busting his chops for making a third grade grammar error on the heels of bemoaning the decline of intellectualism in this country.
To address your question - it is sad we all must neatly fit into a broad political category. It has never made much sense to me why 99 percent of people who think we should have tax cuts are the same people who are anti abortion. They have nothing to do with each other. On issues I try to steer towards what I see is evidence based, logical, rationalist and pragmatic. In this case we have people who are by all accounts not racist, at least not in a material sense, and are not intending to be racist, who are getting scolded or fired for not only using the word, but any word that sounds like that, or writing anything that looks like the word. In the meantime you can routinely hear the word in music and popular culture. Either we ban the damn word or we don’t. Either people are triggered by it or they aren’t. I’m in an unusual situation where we have a special needs son who sometimes gets angry and blurts it out. He used to do it at school. Even to black teachers. Thankfully they were all understanding and nothing came from it. God knows what they thought. He didn’t get it from his parents - we don’t use the word and have no need to. He likes music and rap and gangster rap. He also watched 12 years a slave and that clearly made an impression on him. When he was in school I took it on myself to try to get him to use it less. You have to be very judicious in doling out punishments. His using the n word was one of the few things where he lost privileges for hours or a day (which to him may as well be a month). It was as serious or more serious than threats, violence, breaking things, etc. Ultimately it mostly worked and he rarely uses it except when he goes into a complete psychotic rage at home. I tend to get upset with dumb and pointless rules that are administered unevenly and have disproportionate impacts on people.
The likelihood of you being sued is remote. No lawyer is going to handle that case on a contingency fee basis. The plaintiff would only be able to recover fees from you if she was suing on a contract with a fees provision or there was a law that provided for an award of fees. Instead of wasting all this energy on a lawsuit that will likely never happen, use it for a little reflection on how to be a better human being.
Assuming you live in Fl and you are bound and determined to push the social limits on using the n word in public - consult a lawyer to evaluate your legal exposures - get umbrella insurance - invest in bankruptcy protected assets: your home, 401ks, IRAs (to a degree depending on state), possibly 529s, and certain insurance products/annuities (which aren’t great financially but they do give asset protection )
It’s kind of interesting that people use a first letter and then symbols like -, ..., _ , or *, when everyone knows exactly what the word is and probably says the word in their head while reading it. I guess it is somehow more polite to do it that way.
There was actually a professor who did this and still got suspended when a student complained that he was triggered by the sight of it.
I don’t use these words and don’t like hearing them, but our culture has become way too sensitive! I was watching a tv series this week but stopped because every character dropped the f bomb in every sentence. Story line was interesting but that got old fast. I didn’t write letters to the producers or demand it go off of Prime. I just voted with my clicker.
Oh, we got it. But it’s ironic that you misspelled “you’re” in dressing him down. Maybe that was part of the joke, but “d” is also suspiciously close to “e” on the keyboard.
I totally agree. But at the same token why won’t people do the same thing if exposed to something they are not comfortable with like drag queen shows, LGBTQ content or other “woke” content that they deem triggering?
It's kind of like how the textbook definition of the word "gay" meant "happy," but you know if someone says "You're so gay" it's highly unlikely they're saying "You're so happy."
In England they still routinely use “fag” for cigarettes (I think based upon tv shows I watch) However in UK and Australia the use of the slang “spaz” is considered an ableist slur. While it would behoove people to be aware of cultural norms and try to reasonably adhere to them, by the same token they evolve and people shouldn’t be so quick to rigidly enforce them in a selfish effort to virtue signal.
News reporter apparently taken off air for saying “fo shizzle, my nizzle” Mississippi TV Meteorologist And News Anchor Removed After Quoting Snoop Dogg Live On Air
The “c” bomb has a slightly different meaning over there, too. And as with most things British, when they use it, it’s roughly 100x more hilarious than when an American says the same thing, intentionally or not.
Bold move saying that roughly 15 years after it got old, he should have done the Budweiser frogs to top it off
I never knew what that word meant. I guess now some people will be punished for saying “nuzzle” because it sounds too close.
