1. No, you can’t just say what you wish on the internet.

Well to be fair, when you start talking about Freedom of Speech outside of the governmental context (especially when you make it a singular definition by saying stuff like ‘freedom of speech is freedom of speech’) it makes it sound like you’re ignorant of what Freedom of Speech actually protects as a codified concept…

Are YOU black, do YOU know what it feels like to be called that word, do you know what it’s like to feel the scorn of such a word being said by some youtube loser, probably, not. I’m Korean so I can’t speak to the entire history of the N-word but my husband is and the way he explained it to me is that black people…

“Hey, I want to use any word that anyone else is allowed to use without getting shit for it, so I want you all to ignore the couple centuries of violent history behind this word and choose not to be offended. If you ignore people being racist, it’ll help solve racism too!”

Cube was on it that night—and, frankly, Maher needed to hear it.

Whether or not he’ll internalize it (I suspect he will not; I have enjoyed some of Maher’s work over the years, but dude is pretty far up his own ass) is another matter entirely.

If there was a second side worth representing here you’d have provided an example.

“Condemning the n-word only gives it more power”

“Freedom of speech” only applies to government intercession in or interference with protected speech (and, yes, hate speech is still classified as protected speech in the US so long as it is not used in the commission of a crime or in concert with denying a person their fundamental rights).

“Freedom of speech” does not…

No, when discussing/talking about it in a serious setting, we can still hold an adult conversation and say/write n-word in order to be respectful of those who find it personally insulting to them as a human being.

Way to take that quote waaaay out of context to serve your personal point of view.

Many words have meanings that are socially-assigned, and they change over time. Examples generally come from common slang, like “rad,” or “cool,” or “sick” to describe a thing that is good—when the original meaning of those words meant…

That’s more a statement on the responsibility of the person in choosing what words they choose to communicate their ideas, because choosing the right words can make all the difference in the balance of power by one’s influence. Another word for it is “diplomacy,” given its synonyms include: tact, tactfulness,…

Let me see if I understand your logic.

So do you prefer that your child react in a silly way when hearing those words once he grow up. “OMG! He said the D-word.” Or that historian talk write “N-word” in their text book and everyone think of it as taboo as if god will smite you for saying it? What I’m trying to say here is that if everyone acted a bit more…

If Eminem can manage to be at the top of the rap game for so many years without using the word or its variation, I think just about every other white person can manage to develop a broader vocabulary in choosing what they say as well. There’s nearly 150,000 currently-used words and nearly 50,000 obsolete words…

Why are we not criticising other youtubers, especially the black ones who use the n bomb way more often than everyone else? Cause they are black?

Like, right now? When we are all discussing how stupid was of PewDiePie saying nigger on a stream?

Probably when discussing the word itself as stated in the comment.

This article?

What bothers me the most in this story is everyone saying “N-word” as if their mom is listening. Why is everyone so shy of saying “nigger”? You don’t go around and say “P-word”, “D-word”, “V-word”, “F-word”... Be fucking adults and use the right words for the right things. At least replace it for something coherent…

Let’s dissect this for a moment.