I can't make racist people stay away from restaurants. Calling them terrorists is a bit of a stretch too.
I know that this story is supposed to be humor. And that person asking for remedies to racism is clearly asking the wrong person.
But a standalone fact is that racism is indeed terrorism. When you call a Black person "nigger", you are referring to a long history of abuse, often lethal (and worse) of Black people. You are saying it to terrorize them. Not just personally, but as part of a whole group of pe
I disagree that calling someone "nigger" implies a threat. It's a hateful word, and can certainly be used in a threatening context - but the word itself is not a terrorist threat.
As an extreme and obvious example, Chris Rock can say it and it's comedy. Less extreme is this hick at Applebee's - if he was trying to insult the guy and make him uncomfortable - that's not terrorism. There needs to be a threat of violence.
I'm not trying to defend the hick at Applebee's - he's the worst kind of person. But people are tossing the word "terrorism" around so much that it is losing it's meaning. If insulting people is terrorism, then what the hell do you call blowing up a building full of your political enemy?
I can find plenty of none hateful uses of the word nigger.
Even when two black guys use it in a warm context, the reason that they use the word is because it represents a shared hardship. The word, all alone and without context, stirs up powerful emotions.
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Racist Attacks are Terrorism (Score:-1)
I know that this story is supposed to be humor. And that person asking for remedies to racism is clearly asking the wrong person.
But a standalone fact is that racism is indeed terrorism. When you call a Black person "nigger", you are referring to a long history of abuse, often lethal (and worse) of Black people. You are saying it to terrorize them. Not just personally, but as part of a whole group of pe
Re:Racist Attacks are Terrorism (Score:3, Insightful)
I disagree that calling someone "nigger" implies a threat. It's a hateful word, and can certainly be used in a threatening context - but the word itself is not a terrorist threat.
As an extreme and obvious example, Chris Rock can say it and it's comedy. Less extreme is this hick at Applebee's - if he was trying to insult the guy and make him uncomfortable - that's not terrorism. There needs to be a threat of violence.
I'm not trying to defend the hick at Applebee's - he's the worst kind of person. But people are tossing the word "terrorism" around so much that it is losing it's meaning. If insulting people is terrorism, then what the hell do you call blowing up a building full of your political enemy?
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There are no hatefull words, just hateful contexts.
I can find plenty of none hateful uses of the word nigger.
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I can find plenty of none hateful uses of the word nigger.
Even when two black guys use it in a warm context, the reason that they use the word is because it represents a shared hardship. The word, all alone and without context, stirs up powerful emotions.