ignorance of some people truly amazes me

anthonyk · 01-26-2010, 02:54 PM

Makes sense to me, Tigger.

But I gotta say that the whole "reclaiming the word and turning it into a positive" is

As long as a word is in common usage, it's going to take a lot longer to forget where it came from. It doesn't lose its power or some crap like that. All its racist baggage just gets dragged on into the future. Stop using it, and it fades into irrelevancy.

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01-26-2010, 02:54 PM	#32
anthonyk WERA White Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: '01 Aprilia Falco Posts: 1,041	Makes sense to me, Tigger. But I gotta say that the whole "reclaiming the word and turning it into a positive" is As long as a word is in common usage, it's going to take a lot longer to forget where it came from. It doesn't lose its power or some crap like that. All its racist baggage just gets dragged on into the future. Stop using it, and it fades into irrelevancy.