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Old 01-17-2017, 04:24 PM   #5430
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Lol at Girlssports showing back up in this thread arguing useless points that have nothing to do with how much of a disaster Trump is.
I thought Trump being a disaster was a given.

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Maybe you should tell them about it.

I think, before registering this as a real complaint, you need to look at the way those words are used within groups vs the way they're commonly used outside of those groups.

I think that language originally meant to define and degrade a particular "type" of person is at it's best when it's adopted and re-appropriated by the very people it was meant to define and degrade.

Sorry you're sad you can't use the N-word too. People who aren't black really sort of just ruined it for ourselves. Maybe we'll be more careful next time, but lets not go telling people they cant use a word that was used on them (negatively) for years and years.

"Ok, sorry for using that word. As an apology we'll stop using it, but since we made it up you can't use it either. It's still our word."

That's not the way it works.

That's an interesting point. I never thought of it that way. For example there are many derogatory terms used against Asians. But Asians don't use those terms with each other. So that's the point of view I come from.
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