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Topic	Is the word "negro" offensive or just outdated?
MARKINGRAM22 05/11/17 11:17:17 PM #20:	ChromaticAngel posted... It depends on the context it's being used in. Like, if I'm just quoting Abraham Lincoln like so... "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it, 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty—to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy." - Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings, 1832-1858 He isn't using it as a slur though. That was just the common term. Just cause he is being racist doesn't make the word a slur. Someone can say white or black and denegrate that race doesn't make those words slurs. --- "That man practices Islam. Are you happy he was taken out since according to you he believes what terrorists do?" -VipaGTS to me <cite>MARKINGRAM22 posted [p:878937279] in Is the wor... [t:75336740]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>It depends on the context it's being used in. Like, if I'm just quoting Abraham Lincoln like so... <quote>"Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it, 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty—to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."</quote> - Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings, 1832-1858</quote> He isn't using it as a slur though. That was just the common term. Just cause he is being racist doesn't make the word a slur. Someone can say white or black and denegrate that race doesn't make those words slurs. --- "That man practices Islam. Are you happy he was taken out since according to you he believes what terrorists do?" -VipaGTS to me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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