cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14813146

“Attention to all blacks who plan to vote for Trump,” the sign outside New Era Baptist Church reads, “you are an ignorant stupid negro.” The other side says, “Warning African Americans: A vote for Trump will put Blacks back to picking cotton.”

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    1 month ago

    Title feels like clickbait. Would be more convinced it was deliberate clickbait if the thumbnail didn’t directly show the sign saying “negro” and not the actual slur.

    But that just makes the choice of title more confusing.

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      1 month ago

      I mean, I sort of agree but it’s not like they could put “Negro” in the title and they did properly put the correct number of dashes for the missing letters.

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          1 month ago

          For the same reason they can’t/shouldn’t put any other racist slurs in the title. Duh.

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              FFS dude, even a casual look at a dictionary would tell you that it is, in fact, a slur.

              https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Negro

              Even the most non-offensive definitions of “Negro” incorrectly describe it as a different race, as if black people were not human. So even in the BEST POSSIBLE CONTEXT you’re still using it as a racial slur.

              I can also say with 100% certainty that you are not black. Only non-black racists try to claim that Negro is not a racial slur.

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                Depends on the publication’s editorial guidelines with respect to what words are censored and how. Probably not the author’s choice.

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                Only non-black racists try to claim that Negro is not a racial slur.

                I would have considered your point, but it’s pretty clear you are absolutely unreasonable and presumptuous. Of course you think I’m prejudiced, because it’s a projection of who you are.

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                  Did you just pull a “No I’m not, you are!”

                  Dude, wow… just, wow.

                  Dont lie. You would never have considered my point. Because you’re more concerned about being “right” than actually changing your viewpoint.

                  Ive presented straight up facts. Also note that you didn’t even refute my argument. You are not a black person. Ask yourself how I could know this. Then try to understand how little of your own thoughts are actually yours.

                  Maybe if you do that you’ll learn to deprogram yourself. But hey, I get it. It’s easier to blame other people for your shortcomings.

                  I won’t respond any more to any further arguments on your part.

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                    Only non-black racists try to claim that Negro is not a racial slur.

                    Ive presented straight up facts.

                    lol. You really have no idea how logically ridiculous you are, do you.

                    Because you’re more concerned about being “right” than actually changing your viewpoint.

                    Just remember that you are clearly projecting here. You think I must have this short-coming because you see it in yourself.

                    I won’t respond any more to any further arguments on your part.

                    Next time I suggest just moving on rather than taking childish insulting swings at the other person and then running away. I’m happy to debate you on the topic, if you’re willing to not ridiculously and illogically accuse me of being racist because I disagree with you.

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              Oh? You use that term all the time then? How often do you get punched in the mouth? Let’s go with daily average.

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                You use that term all the time then?

                Yes, that’s clearly what I said. You’re very smart.

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                    It’s not a word I use myself. I’ve just never considered it offensive, just dated. If someone told me it was offensive to them, I wouldn’t use it (but again, I don’t use it anyway so I don’t see how this wouldn’t come up) around them.

                    But, honestly, I would have no problem saying “the United Negro College Fund” if I were talking about it, but if there were a similar entity that used the far more offensive n-word in it, I would not feel comfortable using it and wouldn’t say it at all.

                    And I find this all kind of silly because they freely use it throughout the article, where i doubt the same could be said about the other n-word.

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        They could if they meant negro, which means black in Spanish, not n----, the archaic term for black people. See? Censored.

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          Just for clarification, I fully agree with the censorship. I just agree that at first glance it looks like they used the OTHER N word, which is what the first was saying when he mentioned “clickbait”.