It's enough to make a man throw up, it sure is hard to figure.....
Didn't know that was on YouTube, thanks for the memories, RH.
Didn't know that was on YouTube, thanks for the memories, RH.
You're dismissing the fact that forbidding the use of the word by one group while condoning it for another builds resentment.
My entire point is the word isn't "forbidden" by anyone but middle-aged white conservatives who buy into "reverse racism", and a very small, self-righteous subset of lefties. Like the "feminists" who assert all penetrative sex is rape. Sure, they're out there, but they don't have the power to bring nationwide/worldwide fallout, and they are ridiculous.
OU SAE boys made international news. They did not make international news because they used the word "******". Period. That is evident to anyone who doesn't have some woe-is-me-white-man axe to grind.
They could have used the word in a hundred other contexts on video and you would not know who they were right now, much less people across the globe. They could have even used it offensively and in a racist manner and been fine.
That's the only point I'm making in this particular thread. "that word" alone cannot get you in SAE-level trouble. Conservatives tend to be all kinds of hyperbolic about their perceived racial double standards. Life ain't that bad for the white man. I know because I are juan, as mausermike would say.![]()
If that Ain't Country is not the song I was referring to, but it's a good one.
The SAW boys could have said "African American" instead and still brought on the same our very similar fate. It's it far and away about context, not the exact word.My entire point is the word isn't "forbidden" by anyone but middle-aged white conservatives who buy into "reverse racism", and a very small, self-righteous subset of lefties. Like the "feminists" who assert all penetrative sex is rape. Sure, they're out there, but they don't have the power to bring nationwide/worldwide fallout, and they are ridiculous.
OU SAE boys made international news. They did not make international news because they used the word "******". Period. That is evident to anyone who doesn't have some woe-is-me-white-man axe to grind.
They could have used the word in a hundred other contexts on video and you would not know who they were right now, much less people across the globe. They could have even used it offensively and in a racist manner and been fine.
That's the only point I'm making in this particular thread. "that word" alone cannot get you in SAE-level trouble. Conservatives tend to be all kinds of hyperbolic about their perceived racial double standards. Life ain't that bad for the white man. I know because I are juan, as mausermike would say.![]()
What was the reason cited? Racism? What form did the racism take? Words...
The two situations aren't equal. It's the cultural processes in ingroup vs. outgroup dynamics. Many things that are ok between ingroup members are not ok with somebody outside the group. The frat situation is clearly racist...whereas the basketball situation is not. For example, I can call many of my friends on this forum a "redneck bastard" and we'll laugh together; but if a black stranger were to call one of those friends a "redneck bastard", it would surely lead to a fight.
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