Dennis Prager wants to say the N-word

[swing_voter]

Prager isn't the kind of guy who use the N word to hurt people's feelings. He'd use it in an academic sense to discuss various aspects of the word.

 

[Mr Person]

"You have to say the N-word."

:thinking

Is this a compulsion of his?

 

[Cardinal]

Some of the black rappers say the N word all the time. Why is it OK for them?

“People ask me, ‘Why can black people use the N word but not me?’ I don’t know. It’s the rule. Follow it.”

-Alonzo Bodden

 

[Sampson Simpson]

Why does the right wing, have the biggest problem with this:

Because they are assholes. The entire history of humanity is full of assholes like that. Dumb, hateful people with no empathy holding back humanity and perpetuating atrocities

Meteor 2020: Just end it already

 

[beancounter]

You really do not mean this, huh?

If you have to resort to insults, name calling, ad hominem attacks, straw men, red herrings, appeals to authority, and other dirty debate tactics, the veracity of you argument is questionable.

My signature refers to fellow forum members that I am conversing with directly, not politicians or celebrities that I'm discussing in the third person.

 

[CaughtInThe]

He is 100% able to use the same word that human traffickers in our history used.

Why doesn't he?

 

[Cardinal]

Because they are assholes. The entire history of humanity is full of assholes like that. Dumb, hateful people with no empathy holding back humanity and perpetuating atrocities

Meteor 2020: Just end it already

You may get your wish tomorrow.

 

[Lovebug]

Man, I'm so torn on this. I can't think of a more hateful word, and wish it was banished from vocabulary & lexicography. But you know, Constitution - which I support.

Freedom has it's price ...

(this last said ironically, given the topic)

/like

People should be able to expose themselves for who they are, and reap the consequences.

 

[KLATTU]

IS he talking about the 'AHZ' version or the full on.?

 

[danielpalos]

Because they are assholes. The entire history of humanity is full of assholes like that. Dumb, hateful people with no empathy holding back humanity and perpetuating atrocities

Meteor 2020: Just end it already

We have a Constitution and supreme law of the land (in any conflict of laws).

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Dennis Prager: "It is idiotic that you cannot say the N-word" | Media Matters for America
Damn lefties, why can't you just let a racist be a racist in peace?
Of course Prager doesn't want to actually say it, just have the freedom.... in case?

There is a point to be made that the situation we find ourselves in w/ regard to "the n-word" is a ridiculous situation that never should've happened.
Our culture and our history is what it is, though.
As ludicrous as it is to have words we won't use, it'd be just ludicrous to ignore the context of language.
Human language and human culture are deeply intertwined.

But all the same, no matter how self-explanatory the reasons we find ourselves in this weird situation, no matter how obviously inevitable in hindsight we find this weird situation, it's still a weird situation.

I suspect on a day farther removed from our social and historical context, people will find the controversy quaint.
But, for us today, the issue is still sorta visceral.

 

[Dittohead not!]

The N word was made up so people could pretend that blacks were not human and therefore could be kept as slaves. There are many examples of words made up to dehumanize others, usually as a result of warfare. We all know what those words are, so there is no need to repeat them here.

So, why is the "N word" worse than all of the other words that were made up to pretend it was OK to kill certain people because they really weren't really human beings like us?

Is it any worse than those other words?

 

[Robertinfremont]

My signature refers to fellow forum members that I am conversing with directly, not politicians or celebrities that I'm discussing in the third person.

I am not aware of any celebrity nor politicians posting here.

Suggestion? All of us should post as kind people post.

 

[Robertinfremont]

The N word was made up so people could pretend that blacks were not human and therefore could be kept as slaves. There are many examples of words made up to dehumanize others, usually as a result of warfare. We all know what those words are, so there is no need to repeat them here.

So, why is the "N word" worse than all of the other words that were made up to pretend it was OK to kill certain people because they really weren't really human beings like us?

Is it any worse than those other words?

President Lyndon Johnson was quite famous for using that N word.

Few today understand that FDR was disgusted by them too.

Johnson, like other presidents, would often reveal his true motivations in asides that the press never picked up. During one trip, Johnson was discussing his proposed civil rights bill with two governors. Explaining why it was so important to him, he said it was simple: “I’ll have them niggers voting Democratic for two hundred years.”

“That was the reason he was pushing the bill,” said MacMillan, who was present during the conversation. “Not because he wanted equality for everyone. It was strictly a political ploy for the Democratic party. He was phony from the word go.”

Did LBJ Say 'I'll Have Those N*****s Voting Democratic for 200 Years'?

Who has forgotten the Tuskegee Airmen?

A product of FDR. Remember why?

 

[Mr Person]

Man, I'm so torn on this. I can't think of a more hateful word, and wish it was banished from vocabulary & lexicography. But you know, Constitution - which I support.

Freedom has it's price ...

(this last said ironically, given the topic)

He has the right to say the word. He does not have the right to say the word and have nobody criticize him for it, no employer fire him for it, or anything else. He only has the right against the government punishing him for saying it.

 

[TheParser]

Some people say that word only when they lose self-control. They are then immediately ashamed of themselves. And thankful that there were no repercussions.

Several years ago, I saw a Caucasian man start to cross the street in a crosswalk. He had to suddenly stop because a car rolled into the crosswalk without stopping to let him cross. He yelled, "Are you crazy?!"

The car took off. The man then crossed the street and passed me on the sidewalk in a quiet residential area. He looked back at the now empty scene of the crime and said that word loud enough for me to hear.

I have no doubt that some people who consider themselves to be racially color blind have occasionally done the same, only to immediately repent.

 

[Dittohead not!]

President Lyndon Johnson was quite famous for using that N word.

Few today understand that FDR was disgusted by them too.

Johnson, like other presidents, would often reveal his true motivations in asides that the press never picked up. During one trip, Johnson was discussing his proposed civil rights bill with two governors. Explaining why it was so important to him, he said it was simple: “I’ll have them niggers voting Democratic for two hundred years.”

“That was the reason he was pushing the bill,” said MacMillan, who was present during the conversation. “Not because he wanted equality for everyone. It was strictly a political ploy for the Democratic party. He was phony from the word go.”

Did LBJ Say 'I'll Have Those N*****s Voting Democratic for 200 Years'?

Who has forgotten the Tuskegee Airmen?

A product of FDR. Remember why?

Unproven.

Which doesn't mean he didn't say it.

 

[Robertinfremont]

He has the right to say the word. He does not have the right to say the word and have nobody criticize him for it, no employer fire him for it, or anything else. He only has the right against the government punishing him for saying it.

I know, say I say Mr. Person. Even were I reviled, it is my right, though scorned.

 

[Robertinfremont]

Unproven.

Which doesn't mean he didn't say it.

Thank you for not saying he never said it.



Next Video. Tip off .... the man he is talking to is black to me, NEGRO to President Johnson.

 

[Casper]

Dennis Prager: "It is idiotic that you cannot say the N-word" | Media Matters for America



Damn lefties, why can't you just let a racist be a racist in peace?

Of course Prager doesn't want to actually say it, just have the freedom.... in case? :lamo

She has the freedom to say whatever she's wishes, it is covered under the 1st A, what is not covered is the result of one expressing themselves.

 

[PirateMk1]

Dennis Prager: "It is idiotic that you cannot say the N-word" | Media Matters for America



Damn lefties, why can't you just let a racist be a racist in peace?

Of course Prager doesn't want to actually say it, just have the freedom.... in case? :lamo

Is he talking about the word nigger?

 

[PirateMk1]

The N word was made up so people could pretend that blacks were not human and therefore could be kept as slaves. There are many examples of words made up to dehumanize others, usually as a result of warfare. We all know what those words are, so there is no need to repeat them here.

So, why is the "N word" worse than all of the other words that were made up to pretend it was OK to kill certain people because they really weren't really human beings like us?

Is it any worse than those other words?

Really? No need at all? Then I shall spell some out for us gratuitously, like nigger, negro, wop, wet back, spic, and dago. I love those words. Very powerful to use especially in person. Now days most people just look at me like I have three heads when I say them, they are in shock that, I, your typical well browned Caucasian/ Mutt would use them freely and willy nilly, all because I can. I recommend saying these kinds of words with a smile and cheerfully to get the complete discombobulated effect. Its entertaining and educational what's not to like?

Nigger is originally defined as a synonym of negro in Spanish or Portuguese which was defined as black with the latin root niger.

 

[Excon]

Dennis Prager wants to say the N-word

Dishonest title.

to say what he wants to say

What he wants to say? Doh!
Where in the world did you come up with such stupid bs?

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, since he wants to so much.

At no point did he express such interest, let alone in a "so much" way.

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Why does the right wing, have the biggest problem with this:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Wut?
The right wing? Of what right wing? The political right wing as a whole certainly doesn't have a problem with those words or their intent.

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Sums up Trump supporters perfectly. Racist, bigoted people who are mad that minorities have rights, gays have rights, and that they can't go around berating, beating and discriminating against minorities anymore. It's just not fair, they should have the rights to **** on everybody not a white, christian conservative! Who else are they to blame for their own failures and ****ty life? Who else can they harm to make themselves feel better about themselves?

Wrong as usual you are.

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He is 100% able to use the same word that human traffickers in our history used.

Why doesn't he?

You mean those black people who owned and sold other black people to those willing to buy them?
Those folks? Or perhaps are you only talking about those who bought, kept and bred them after the fact (which included black folks as well)?

Regardless; no. He clearly doesn't want to use it like either group.

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The N word was made up so people could pretend that blacks were not human and therefore could be kept as slaves.

Revisionist history that also shows no understanding of the time.
It was not made up specifically to dehumanize the already dehumanized "slave". The root meaning of the word is in the color black of which they referred to the black slaves as.
And they were not pretending at the time. They actually thought of them as lesser beings, inhuman, etc...

 

[j brown's body]

The N word was made up so people could pretend that blacks were not human and therefore could be kept as slaves. There are many examples of words made up to dehumanize others, usually as a result of warfare. We all know what those words are, so there is no need to repeat them here.

So, why is the "N word" worse than all of the other words that were made up to pretend it was OK to kill certain people because they really weren't really human beings like us?

Is it any worse than those other words?

Probably because that dehumanization had the power of the state behind it, and in some ways, still does.

 

[j brown's body]

Unproven.

Which doesn't mean he didn't say it.

There is a reason why few understand it. It doesn't exist. FDR named Hugo Black to the Supreme Court, a former Klansman, mind you. And he becomes, quite possibly the strongest defender of civil rights in the history of the Supreme Court. And LBJ finishes Reconstruction by passing civil rights, voting rights and housing rights laws.

They had a funny way of showing that they didn't care for Blacks.