(10-02-2019, 04:28 PM)fuzzbox Wrote:

(03-08-2019, 01:33 PM)baggy1 Wrote: And here is my worry - people are feeling outraged / discriminated against by a descriptive word that if used in a non-segregational, non-slavery, non-apartheid context could be seen as reclaiming the meaning of that word and consigning the misuse of that word to history. And yet I don't hear the same protest being made against the "n" word when it is used by the very community that is upset about the word coloured.

I can tell you there is a lot of disquiet within the black community about using  'nigger' by black people. I personally would never use it, but there's no point me 'yelling at a cloud'. Maybe it's a generation thing, but I never hear it in 'real-life'. To me, coloured or black, I really couldn't care about. If you called me a 'nigger', I would probably assume you may not have the best of intentions towards me!

From my perspective, if the person doesn't like what you call them, just don't use it. It's not that I'm an easily offended snowflake, it's just that its no hardship to call people whatever they feel most comfortable with. I genuinely don't understand why people get so upset by it. You don't see what's wrong with the word 'coloured'? Fair enough, but if the person or group in question does, why is it so upsetting to use another term?

Some might think people are too easily offended, but equally it seems that alot of people feel it is their right to needlessly offend. I just don't get the point.

Now false outrage. That is annoying...