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.”

    • @Mercuri
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      14 hours ago

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

        • @Mercuri
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          33 hours ago

          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.

          • @[email protected]
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            141 minutes ago

            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.

        • shastaxc
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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.

          • @[email protected]
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            242 minutes ago

            You use that term all the time then?

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

              • @[email protected]
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                24 minutes ago

                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.