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Old 02-09-2006, 01:15 PM   #23 (permalink)
Charlatan
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Originally Posted by krwlz
That reaction is learned, and instilled by political correctness.
Is it instilled by "political correctness" or by the people who used the term in a derrogative sense in the first place?

At one time nigger wasn't a word with racist overtones. It simply meant a black person. That changed. It's the amazing thing about language... it changes over time. Don't get so hung up on the fact that definitions shift.
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