Non Aeon Flux discussion - prejudice charged taboo words within a society.

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I warned you that if I didn't get a responses on this board I would start arguing myself.

Well, here's my first retort to my original post:

Hello you sexy beast of a poster, you show an impressive amount of ingenuity in your societal wonderings, hehehe, but you choose to omit the intricacies of your own proposal to maintain your prophetic ramblings. What happens if gays and black people start referring to white heterosexuals as faggots and niggers, respectively, and it turns into a feud that further schisms the two minorities from the ruling class of America. It could be argued that the debate over the word nigger has furthered prejudice merely by putting the “black issue” on the forefront of people's minds. The new effort might remove the safer title of “victim,” and could possibly portray blacks, gays, or any other minority, as aggressors. This would give conservatives more power as they appear to be on the defensive.
Plus you risk the possibility that foolhardy members of your own cause will be overwhelmed by their sense of aggressive moral superiority, and could quickly heighten their actions of a self-perceived verbal attack, “nigger,” “faggot,” into a physical one. The original intent of the plan would of course be a friendly one, but due to the sensitivity of the word, the confrontation has a high risk of escalating. It would be analogous of two children calling each other names, but have only one of the names be hurtful. It almost seems the ONLY possible result would be violence.

J. F. Aldridge, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 03:59 (sixteen years ago) link


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