We are the only culture/race that adopts an insult, an unwelcome branding to become our term of endearment. Special Needs children keep a united front on not using the word "retard". There are many other groups(yes, I am sure that there are some exceptions within) who seem united on not using their offensive terms as a positive term. (Chinks, Spics, etc)
I wont lie, I still and have for a long time taken in entertainment with that word used but made a conscious decision to not use it anymore because it give outsiders a claim to it. (Hulk Hogan, Paula Deen, all the way to young white kids listening to 50 cent). How can you use a sperate set of terms for a group in front of some of your friends that you cant in front of another(possibly your white friends)? Or not allow those friends to use it if you use it in front of them?
I think the defense of it is silly, but I cant stop people from using it, or thinking that its a word of strength and rebellion, when white southern people have used it for years as referencing people who are barely fit to be in the same room with them.
This is a serious topic to me, and I will discuss this through inbox with whoever. I know that discourse over this here will turn into a Game of Trolls episode, so I am not interested.
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