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Should OU suspend basketball players for useing "N" word on national TV?
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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 2726585" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Well since most of us aren't professional comedians or rock stars, nor do we represent major university athletic programs, it should be even easier for us to use that word and "get away with it". </p><p></p><p>I'm taking issue with this alleged "double standard" of yours. It doesn't exist. The basketball controversy here was the word used in a benign way. Black people use the word all the time in a benign way. I illustrated white people using it under similar circumstances. The SAE chant was quite different and you know that. </p><p></p><p>We use context to help us form opinions and judge situations and words all the time. Why not over this particular word? Because white guys are butthurt black guys are "getting away" with something? What exactly are they getting away with that a white man cannot?</p><p></p><p>"F*ck" is a strong word in our society. If I'm at quicktrip and hear a guy in the parking lot say "Dude, they were out of f*ckin' cheetos." it won't even register with me. If I hear "Get the f*ck back in the car or I'll knock another f*ckin tooth out." I'm going to react in a different way. Why? Was it the word "f*ck"? Tooth? Car? None of those words mean much without <em>context</em>. </p><p></p><p>I told my boss "that sounds like a f*ckin" mess" on the phone earlier. He didn't have issue with it. If I'd said, "go f*ck yourself" he probably would have reacted differently. Why? what about those two sentences is different? The "strong and controversial word" was used in both of them. Why am I allowed to say one and not the other?</p><p></p><p>What you're calling a "double standard" is simply how the English language works. The SAE chant and this have almost nothing in common.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 2726585, member: 4319"] Well since most of us aren't professional comedians or rock stars, nor do we represent major university athletic programs, it should be even easier for us to use that word and "get away with it". I'm taking issue with this alleged "double standard" of yours. It doesn't exist. The basketball controversy here was the word used in a benign way. Black people use the word all the time in a benign way. I illustrated white people using it under similar circumstances. The SAE chant was quite different and you know that. We use context to help us form opinions and judge situations and words all the time. Why not over this particular word? Because white guys are butthurt black guys are "getting away" with something? What exactly are they getting away with that a white man cannot? "F*ck" is a strong word in our society. If I'm at quicktrip and hear a guy in the parking lot say "Dude, they were out of f*ckin' cheetos." it won't even register with me. If I hear "Get the f*ck back in the car or I'll knock another f*ckin tooth out." I'm going to react in a different way. Why? Was it the word "f*ck"? Tooth? Car? None of those words mean much without [I]context[/I]. I told my boss "that sounds like a f*ckin" mess" on the phone earlier. He didn't have issue with it. If I'd said, "go f*ck yourself" he probably would have reacted differently. Why? what about those two sentences is different? The "strong and controversial word" was used in both of them. Why am I allowed to say one and not the other? What you're calling a "double standard" is simply how the English language works. The SAE chant and this have almost nothing in common. [/QUOTE]
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