And then what? Police everyone to make sure they don’t say any racial slur in private? Maybe if racial slurs weren’t so taboo we won’t have to deal with any of this in the first place. The more we freak out over people that accidentally utter such words the more power we give those words and the stronger the urge…

I don’t think its fair or correct to describe someone as “awful” because they hold objectionable views or have done objectionable things in the past. Doesn’t it really have to do with the severity of the action at hand? Can we not make our reactions proportional? Is it good that he used the n-word? No. Does it make…

yeah but the truth is intent is everything. Was he trying to be racist? IDK it’s possible. I don’t think he was, but that doesn’t really matter. Even if it was in the lyrics I think he’d still be catching shit for it not as much but even then people aren’t comfortable with it. I think he was rapping along, probably…

Language is a weird thing, and it’s impossible to proscribe (over a length of time) how it will evolve.

But the word isn’t in the actual lyrics so he just said it apropos of nothing

I wonder if Americans have some sort of condition where they must say the words “Free Speech” every 30 minutes or so? That is the only reason I can think of why it literally shows up in every discussion, no matter how irrelevant it is.

Meh kinda feel bad for him. Dude was just trying to rap along. slipped up and now he’s gonna get destroyed by people. I don’t think he was trying to be a racist and honestly that should be kinda obvious. but no matter how it was intended it’s going to get taken out of context and skewed and twisted until he’s vilified…

Free speech does not protect one from the repercussions of reckless or ill-considered speech. “Allowed to” (yes, of course) does not mean “free from judgment.” Ad-libbing the n-word to a public audience is a stupid, context-deaf action.

Free speech doesn’t enter into it one way or another. No part of this story involves the Government trying to abridge the first amendment rights of a citizen.

Many “sportsball” type people pointed out how terrible a lot of professional athletes are for a variety of reasons. Now we’re seeing a lot of professional gamers (whether that be streamers/youtubers or e-sports type people) are just as awful. I think it just means that there are a lot of assholes out there in every…

I’d say that the current culture around the word comes down to intent or context. If you used it in a situation where your intent or the context is one that demonstrates intolerance or outright hatred/prejudice, then it is definitely not okay by anyone’s standards except those who support such…

The issue wasn’t how he treated customers, it was how he treated the other waitstaff. Completely different situation.

What about the rights of the server he reduced to tears? Don’t they have a right to a non toxic work environment?

CPR isn’t even super effective. And even I, a non-medical professional, knew that. Because I read sometimes. Rick Santorum is an intellectually incurious dolt.

It’s totally his fault.

It’s not his fault, really, but Rick Santorum is the smarmiest-looking dude this side of Joel Osteen. He could be the intellectual love child of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Pope Francis and I’d still want to cold-cock him just for looking the way he does.

That screenshot is EVERYTHING.

I agree on the basis that two of America’s most popular sports, Baseball and NFL, involve a lot of waiting around for the next play. On the other hand I also agree with the OP; a lot of PUBG and especially Overwatch clips on Highlight Reel I can’t even tell what’s happening because of how much of a visual clusterf***…

Yep, if they were willing to slap hands then KFC bucket would be safe.

I hit refresh on this article 8 times before I pulled the right cards to read it.