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<blockquote data-quote="thatkidbob" data-source="post: 3466115" data-attributes="member: 566497">not a good idea, but so be it...the n word is viewed by some black people as a reclamation project, and by others as a word that should be extinct... something for the history books.You believe it is not derogatory, but belief, whether it be yours or mine, does not make fact.I understand that words evolve, however it seems that some people&nbsp; see the n word as a bone of contention... having a word that is off limits to them seems to make them covetous. Its interesting that the n word has been selected as the racial slur that, for whatever reason, people want to adopt (witness the countless asian and mexican people that use it, hell the majority of the preppy white kids around here like to use it in reference to themselves and to others).believe me... the word has not changed... some people, black and non-black, would like to view it differently. Some people would like to remove the taboo from the word, but believe me... the word has not changed. the ignorant will continue to use it, and that can be excused... they don&#039;t know any better. But the people with knowledge? they cannot be excused.While i have no opinion over this issue with dog the bounty hunter, i have strong opinions on the word in question and the ideas it carries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thatkidbob, post: 3466115, member: 566497"] not a good idea, but so be it... the n word is viewed by some black people as a reclamation project, and by others as a word that should be extinct... something for the history books. You believe it is not derogatory, but belief, whether it be yours or mine, does not make fact. I understand that words evolve, however it seems that some people see the n word as a bone of contention... having a word that is off limits to them seems to make them covetous. Its interesting that the n word has been selected as [I]the[/I] racial slur that, for whatever reason, people want to adopt (witness the countless asian and mexican people that use it, hell the majority of the preppy white kids around here like to use it in reference to themselves and to others). believe me... the word has not changed... some people, black and non-black, would like to view it differently. Some people would like to remove the taboo from the word, but believe me... the word has not changed. the ignorant will continue to use it, and that can be excused... they don't know any better. But the people with knowledge? they cannot be excused. While i have no opinion over this issue with dog the bounty hunter, i have strong opinions on the word in question and the ideas it carries. [/QUOTE]

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