Saturday, 1 October 2011

Don't fuck with my freedom of speech

Something light to start off my first ever blog but also a subject that has been shitting for ages. Why can't I say the word nigger in society yet black people throw around the same word or cracker and it's ok. I get that by using it all the time it takes the power out of the word & then it's just another adjective & not a throw back to it's origins of afro-American slavery. Don't get me wrong I'm not an ignorant asshole & don't want to use the word I just hate that my freedom of speech has been limited by the Oprahs of the world who say white people be nice but niggers feel free to say what you like cos you're empowering a "minority". It seems illogical to me. Either it's offensive or it's not. Does that mean that by saying the dreaded C bomb all the time its effect and power will go from that too. I saw a drunk guy getting escorted from the train station on Saturday & the amount of times he dropped the word it actually made me and the security guy laugh. It had no effect. Well it didn't have the effect he intended which was to get the security guy to fight him. He just looked like an idiot & he can go on swearing at the street and get the same reaction.
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  1. Zoe Paige2 October 2011 at 07:43

    The N word is a bad word and you need a swear jar! i think the issue is that if a 'white' coloured person says it, then it's probabaly in a derogative manner, whereas if a 'black/brown' coloured person does it's just in their speech and a way of reffering to their homies. I'm neither, my skin is more of a peach colour and and you can refer to me as fruitloop and I will slap you because onlu I am allowed to call me that, okay? In all honestly I think it's better off not saying it to avoid problems, because it is a nasty sounding word, along with the C BOMB.

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  2. Kate @ Our Little Sins22 October 2011 at 20:17

    Meh, I reckon we should all use all words whenever. As long as they're in context who really cares? Mind you I can sit back, nice and white and aside from being a bit fat and a bit short, rather privileged so there's not a lot that is derogatory from my perch.

    You're right. Words do lose their power when they're repeated over and over and over!

    Happy blogging.

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