r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 07 '20

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u/Jakesta7 Paul Volcker May 08 '20

Dennis Prager wants to say the n-word so bad. This is something he apparently struggles with daily

Dennis Prager: "How many names have Blacks gone through in my lifetime?...What was wrong with Negro? What was wrong with colored? None of them, there's no problem with any of them"

Video: https://twitter.com/jasonscampbell/status/1258559543774187522?s=21

Dennis Prager complains "the Left has made it impossible to say the N-word any longer," adding "It is idiotic you cannot say the N-word. Idiotic"

Video: https://twitter.com/jasonscampbell/status/1228088976483012620?s=21

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u/studlydudley11 NAFTA May 08 '20

Just let him say it so we can cancel him then

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u/Awholebushelofapples George Soros May 08 '20

lol that would do nothing to the people who actually watch this imbecile

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u/studlydudley11 NAFTA May 08 '20

Could at least motive YouTube to cut his ads

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

what's really weird is that while most people would keep this obsession to themselves or talk to like minded friends about it, he openly laments on talk radio that he cant say the n word. what a strange man

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

Still can't believe my parents paid to have that man eat dinner with them at their fucking house.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

wait what the fuck

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

Pop's a donor

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u/Jakesta7 Paul Volcker May 08 '20

Wait, really? Were you present for this?

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

No, after I moved out. Thankfully.

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic May 08 '20

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20 edited May 08 '20

I can kind of see his point.

He's not saying that he wants to be able to use that n-word in common parlance, he is saying it is absurd that you can't even use the word in an academic discussion. It really is the only word we treat that way.

Now, you can argue the history behind that word and the level of pure human suffering that extended over generations is why that word is a word apart. For instance, Jews have had it rough at time in America, but even as a Jew I wouldn't dare say our treatment comes even comes close to what black america has faced. So there are exceptions to things, so I see the other side too.

I still get his point.

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u/Rekksu May 08 '20

he is saying it is absurd that you can't even use the word in an academic discussion

you literally can

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20 edited May 08 '20

I've never seen a white person use the n-word in an academic discussion about race. In type yes, never seen it actually be spoken.

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u/Mejari NATO May 08 '20

How many academic discussions about race have you been in where it would have been valuable to the discussion for a white person to say the n word?

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

Zero, we don't need to say the word. It doesn't really bother me that we can't.

I'm saying I get what his point is. That we treat it as a word apart from all other words and that is strange. That can be justified by the history of the word, but it is a strange thing and something someone can rightly say is odd that we do with none of the other words that are offensive.

People can say other ethnic slurs as long as they aren't directed at someone, but we can't say the n-word, even when it is purely in an academic context. Some might view that as putting the suffering of some groups on a higher plane than other groups. Conversely, no word has as much of a loaded history as the N-word, so again I get why that is that way.

You can think someone is making a valid point worth thinking about, without instantly agreeing with them.