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What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
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No word is inherently bad, it's all about what you mean and how you use it. Most people have a no-tolerance with a few words though.
For example, all words would be ok in educational purposes.
Is this the part where someone just leaves a lone N as a comment?
I would not downvote, but I would feel uncomfortable writing it myself :)
In my country I don't think so. Teachers get easily reported just for providing information that can be used by the other political spectrum. Has happened several times in drawing connections between migration and illegal acts.
Haha they are very sensitive topics, but not all for the right reasons. Read into it however you like :P
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nibblerNobody contends that a "word is inherently bad"? The stance is generally that certain words have been used to propagate hate and violence on certain populations. Those populations then have real associated trauma so words are avoided in most conversations. Many are still used in actual relevant academic or regulatory context.
A knife isn't inherently bad, but you shouldn't show up to the funeral of a stabbing victims with a hunting knife in either hand to give your condolences to the family.
I would disagree. There are words that were created solely for hateful reasons. I don't think the N word existed prior to its use as a hateful slur. I'll eat crow if I'm wrong though.
I believe it comes from another language, and has a history before english adopted it.
Well fuck. Looks like you're right. Latin -> Spanish -> French and ended up as a slur in English. I guess I could have figured that out on my own knowing Spanish. I guess I just never really cared to know the origin of the word. Gotta go catch a crow now for dinner. Better than the microwave dinner I was gonna have I guess.