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Kyuubi4269 posted...

If I call you a prick, does that mean I think you're actually a typing penis?

Obviously not, because that's not what that word means in the pejorative context.

You don't have to use racist terms to be racist

No one has said otherwise, ever, so I have no idea why you would bring it up.

and you're not inherently racist when you use racist terms.

There are a few contexts where using the n-word does not mean you're racist:
1. You're talking about the word itself, e.g. it's history, cultural significance, etc.
2. You're a black person using it as a term of endearment.
3. You're not a black person, but you're still using it as a term of endearment, which may not end well for you.
4. You're quoting someone.

However, if you're deliberately or unthinkingly using it in the pejorative sense against a black person, then you're engaging in racist behavior (the severity of which would be determined by intent), which makes you a racist.

And when your defense for using the term isn't "sorry, I fucked up", but rather "the term only describes certain people, not black people as a whole", despite the fact that the term is historically linked to black people as a whole, then you're just doubling down on the racism. And that's a hand you're going to fucking lose.
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