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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (8 children)

I read what you write and it still doesnt change the fact that it is still commonly used as a slur and you shouldnt be using it unless directed at yourself or people who have given you explicit permission.

What do you mean when you say you are queer? Do you mean homosexual?

[–]C3P0 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Isn't the n-word commonly used as a slur? Are black people not allowed to say it anymore because it hurts your feelings?

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Absolute non sequiter. If a black person doesnt want to be called the n word even by other blacks that's their right is it not? It has absolute nothing to do with me and my feelings because im not black and that word doesnt carry any weight with me. However the words queer and faggot have been used against me and telling someone not to call the entire homosexual community queer is fair. Like I said before, if they want to use those words for themselves then that's fine. They shouldnt go around assuming that everyone is ok with it though.

[–]C3P0 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Absolute non sequiter.

The queer word and the n-word are both relevant to freedom of speech. Don't be oblique.

If a black person doesnt want to be called the n word even by other blacks that's their right is it not?

The US constitution does not guarantee such right. Black people call black strangers the n-word every day. If you are not from the US, what country are you from where calling someone the n-word is a crime? Probably a fictitious country or an alien planet but surprise me.

My experience in the US is that faggot is a word of contention while queer or gay are usually not.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

If you want to be dense that's up to you.

[–]C3P0 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I half think you are a bot trying to pass the Turing test, but why don't you answer the question I posed? I rephrased it below.

In what country do citizens have the right not to be called the n-word?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There's nothing to say to you. You take subjective experience and apply it as onjective. Learn how not to do that.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You said, "[queer] is still commonly used as a slur." How would you know that it is commonly used as a slur other than from a subjective experience? Did you read a scientific journal?

What is 227 - 1?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well it is, depsite your subjective view on it.