Riley Cooper:" I want to fight every N-Bomb here "..

[peplaw06]

Only because it has been adopted as a symbol.

ok

 

[Bob Sacamano]

This thread is running on fumes.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Bunch of white dudes on the internet are arguing the n-word shouldn't be offensive.... That's a slam dunk.

Why should it be? Because of what happened what, up to 40 years ago? Because people can somehow still claim they are hurting about what happened to their ancestors 150 years ago? GTFO.

Grow up and get past it.

 

[peplaw06]

Not saying what Cooper did was okay.

I am more referring to this over the top and frankly idiotic uproar like it means that we are farting around in the 1930s and there is real racism.

1) There is still real racism in the country.

2) All I'm saying is I'm not going to begrudge anyone being offended by his use of the word. It's not my place to tell them they shouldn't be offended.

 

[jnday]

Not saying what Cooper did was okay.

I am more referring to this over the top and frankly idiotic uproar like it means that we are farting around in the 1930s and there is real racism.

Booze , you nailed it. Best post to describe the situation.

 

[peplaw06]

Why should it be? Because of what happened what, up to 40 years ago? Because people can somehow still claim they are hurting about what happened to their ancestors 150 years ago? GTFO.

Grow up and get past it.

OK Irv. You can lead the campaign to have the word be totally acceptable in today's society. Go for it.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

OK Irv. You can lead the campaign to have the word be totally acceptable in today's society. Go for it.

And you keep giving it the power that it doesn't deserve. You're already well on your way. Bullshit comparisons and ridiculous arguments "I think they call each other that to take some of the sting out of it" aside.

FFS.

 

[peplaw06]

I'm not giving it any power. I don't get offended by it. That's just something you've built up in your mind.

 

[boozeman]

1) There is still real racism in the country.

Not denying it. But it exists "really" in corporate America and it is perpetuated not just by the upper class but the very class that continually uses that as a crutch. Riley Cooper screaming an expletive shouldn't be a reason why people get all upset. That's the general point. It is there because it is convenient.

2) All I'm saying is I'm not going to begrudge anyone being offended by his use of the word. It's not my place to tell them they shouldn't be offended.

I feel it is my place to definitely tell the fake socially conscious frickheads that think that it applies somehow to them when quite honestly, they've done as much to keep the word alive as anyone else.

 

[NoDak]

Ok, maybe you aren't superpunk.

You guys thought he was punk?

Geng is the polar opposite of him. For starters, he's not an idiot.

 

[marionbarberthe4th]

That describes some people here in this thread... (pep, 2233, mb4). Falling all over each other to prove that each one is more tolerant than the other.

Eat a dick I hate blacks just as much as you I swear it. I voted for perry

 

[Genghis Khan]

You guys thought he was punk?

Geng is the polar opposite of him. For starters, he's not an idiot.

Thank you.

 

[peplaw06]

Not denying it. But it exists "really" in corporate America and it is perpetuated not just by the upper class but the very class that continually uses that as a crutch. Riley Cooper screaming an expletive shouldn't be a reason why people get all upset. That's the general point. It is there because it is convenient.

I don't agree it only exists in corporate America.

I feel it is my place to definitely tell the fake socially conscious frickheads that think that it applies somehow to them when quite honestly, they've done as much to keep the word alive as anyone else.

OK, guess you can try that.

 

[peplaw06]

You guys thought he was punk?

Geng is the polar opposite of him. For starters, he's not an idiot.

He whiffed on that fresh prince softball. Pretty sure punk would've gotten that one.

 

[NoDak]

It's not a poor example. There's no possible way you know what it's like to be called a n-word.

Would a black person know what it's like to be called a gook? A cracker? A wetback? No?

Point remains. And yeah, poor example.

 

[Genghis Khan]

He whiffed on that fresh prince softball. Pretty sure punk would've gotten that one.

Why was that a softball? Outsiders might associate Philly with Will Smith/Fresh Prince but it isn't even on my radar, I assure you. Not sure why I'd automatically think Fresh Prince from what that other guy said.

 

[peplaw06]

Would a black person know what it's like to be called a gook? A cracker? A wetback? No?

Did I miss a thread where black people were telling Asians, Whites and Latinos not to be offended by those terms?

Point remains. And yeah, poor example.

I don't think you'd know a point if it fucked you in the ass.

 

[NoDak]

I'm not contradicting myself. I'm using your words to answer your question. If I were to list the top 10 racial slurs, this one would be number one.

According to who? You?

So we should minimize it when a Mexican is called a derogatory term? Or an Asian? An Indian?

It's this line of thinking that gives this word the power it has.

 

[peplaw06]

Why was that a softball? Outsiders might associate Philly with Will Smith/Fresh Prince but it isn't even on my radar, I assure you. Not sure why I'd automatically think Fresh Prince from what that other guy said.

nvm

 

[Rock Slamdance]

I'm gonna beat the shit outta every Wop in here.