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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
I will tell you how I can be offended.....I very rarely see this word that its not being used as an insult. I know when I was in highschool it was a word used to do nothing more than start a fight.
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I agree with you 100%. If the word is being used as an insult then you should be offended; but only by the insult. Not the word itself.
It's not the word's fault that it's attached to an asshole.
There are other words that are perceived in this light and there are people who want these words removed from the dictionary.
I do not like revisionist tactics like that. So I'm of the opinion that we need to start carefully examining our reactions to things like language and art and being VERY specific about what we find offensive.
No word by itself is offensive; not even the meaning of a word should be considered offensive. Only how that word is used in a specific example should be considered offensive.