Like an invited minister from Florida said on the O'Reilly Show ~2 years ago who was trying to make the "N word" profane language, "African American kids have enough on their plate to be dealing with than to include such a derrogatory and profane word that all the rappers allow themselves to be called and use..."

I guess that flabberghasted Bill O'Reilly, because he never asked that minister back on the show...

A slur is a slur....what changes is the person who accepts it or doesn't accept it.

Anyone who calls me a fag is getting a boot to the throat.

:mad: That's one hell of a slip. :rolleyes: Now those type of people get no empathy from me.

enigma_AKA

Interesting.

Just because there is a slip of the Mouth does not mean that is wht is in the mind.:rolleyes:

Many times there are words that are used by Racial Groups that if another Race uses it, it is fighting words.:confused:

If a Black doesn't like the word Nigga used, then maybe it would it would be a good idea not to use it in front of other Races.

People do pick up on idioms dont they?

really, no one should get empathy. but especially people who blame it on being drunk, because you know good and well that they really believe that....but are too timid and weak to show that opinion in any other venue.

1. Possibly.

2. Depends on what you mean by "slip."

The song lyric example is a genuine slip in my book, and one that wouldn't change my relationship with that person. When you hear a song a million times on the radio, you memorize it automatically, and it's truly possible to sing along too closely when you aren't paying attention.

If by slip you mean that the person actually referred to someone as a "____," that's a whole different story. All slurs are not created equal, and there are some that simply do not belong in a thinking person's vocabulary. About ten years ago, a security guard at my workplace asked me, giggling, "Did you see those two fags?" I heard that and concluded that she was a fool.

When I hear someone say, "That's so gay," (and they mean that it's stupid, not that it's actually gay), I don't think, "This person is filled with hate," but I do think, "This person is pretty ignorant."

Mom got upset the first time I used Bitchin.

Meaning it is cool or good.