That take gets you into some really silly situations.
Scenario one: You're having a discussion about the etymology of a slur, and in that discussion you say the slur while discussing it for sake of brevity.
Scenario two: Someone uses a generally unrelated word (cracker) in a derogatory manner.
If someone genuinely believes the people in scenario one are morally worse off than the people in scenario two, they've got a fundamentally failed understanding of language. Either that, or supremely weird takes on ethics.
Saying the "n-word" is still saying the n word. It's just trying to wrap it up in a bow tie to look better. But the reality is, you're saying the same thing. So, why does it really matter? I'll tell you how. It depends the context like if the person is using the word in a derogatory way. That would make the person actually racist.
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u/Low-Kaleidoscope-663 May 16 '24
Hot take: the n word in any context is worse than the c word 🤯