sixteen-bit
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Kobe Bryant slinging homophobic slur during nationally televised NBA game
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Serenade said:
We're capable of multitasking.
Joates said:
So if you say faggot around gay people, you probably won't get your ass kicked, but if you say nigger around black people you probably will?
What is your argument? Is it that you'd also go around calling black people nigger if you thought you wouldn't get your ass kicked and that the only thing that makes one wrong is the threat of being hit?
Great Rumbler
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Kobe apologized.
Kobe was fined.
And now it's time to move on with our lives.
Kobe was fined.
And now it's time to move on with our lives.
Ninja Scooter
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How do you guys know Kobe isn't gay? If he is this is no different than black players calling each other "nigga" all the time. What a messed up society we live in where a gay man like Kobe can't feel comfortable being open about his sexuality and has to go as far as having a fake wife just to keep up appearances. Shame on all of us.
Herpes Reasons
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more proof people with this kind of wasteful mindset only get offended for the sake of getting offended.Spire said:
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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No he didn't.Great Rumbler said:
Sutton Dagger
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Hige said:
It all makes sense now.
NotebookJ2
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Riposte said:
Well, surely you can insult someone without generalizing their entire race/gender/etc.
I mean, I guess I don't see the reason why people would want to say racial slurs in the first place. I mean, I guess it's kinda possible to say racial slurs and not be racist, but surely there's a better way to get your point across without using them, but when I see someone saying a racial slur of some sort, I don't think too highly of them. But that's just me and it's not like I'm forcing them to use another word or anything.
CrushDance
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You can't compare peoples suffering! Everyone has things that hurt them in their own way and based on their own experiences. Just because you don't see why it's "such a big deal" does not mean that it isn't to them. We should be careful not to marginalize the feelings of others.
friskykillface
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Haha at this thread, fun to read
*gets more popcorn*
*gets more popcorn*
Devolution
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Great Rumbler said:
No Kobe told people he's sorry they were offended. lol. Love that empty gesture.
Riposte
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Another question: Should people who look down on feminine men be shunned the same as homophobes are? (Feminine man and homosexual are by no means one and the same.) For example: "He throws like a girl!"
(Also no one has explained to me why everyone who says racial slurs is immature)
(Also no one has explained to me why everyone who says racial slurs is immature)
ZephyrFate said:
Now wait a second, what does the word faggot actually mean? You're implying there is only one true definition right?
Mercury Fred said:
Yeah and if she was a lesbian, according to this thread you would have called her a Faggot and then proceeded to drag her outside and beat her up in the parking lot?
ZephyrFate said:
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Go to google : Define nigger
Define faggot. Hmmmm. Get back to me on that one. Ya know with your "origins" rooted in bigotry.. for both :lol
Meus Renaissance
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Paznos said:
I think 10mil is more appropriate. Let it be a lesson to all in the game to watch their language in general, and a lesson to the younger generation too that sport is about competing physically on the field - and does not give you a licence to spew dirt from the mouth.
ZephyrFate
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excuse me while I go sling a bunch of racist slurs at people. Fuck them for being sensitive.Blackface said:
ChocolateCupcakes
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Serenade said:
Still don't get it.
Crumpet Trumpet
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lol @ menthos75
how is that dude surviving in the 21st century, just wondering
how is that dude surviving in the 21st century, just wondering
ShdwDrake said:
Because people use them for communicating. If words held no power, held no weight, why talk?
Here's what I think - I think there are a lot of people on GAF who use the word faggot, probably very innocently, during recreational sports or whatnot, or to a buddy as a joke. Now when they see how people react to the word being used, even outside of a homophobic context, they get defensive. "I use that word sometimes, I don't hate gay people. How dare they equate it to saying the N word, it's not the same thing!"
I've been called the N word once, and I've had it used around me in a casual way like "You guys are all a bunch of niggers". I didn't like it, I didn't like how it made me feel, but I knew when that person said it, he didn't mean any offence, he was just trying to be edgy and say something that would grab at peoples attention. But it still kinda hurt this part of me I didn't know could be hurt by such casual use of the word. I wished he didn't use it, I wondered why he couldn't have used another word, something that didn't make me feel bad.
I don't think anyone here is calling for Kobe to get strung up by his ankles and whipped, and I don't even think people are all too outraged at the people on GAF who use it 'innocently'. But they wish it could stop, they'd like it if people didn't use the word. Why hold onto the word so desperately if it doesn't mean anything to -you- personally? Out of spite? To protect your wounded pride? Just let the word go, you don't have to say it - and you'll make people happier by doing so. If you don't give a shit about any of that stuff, well then whatevs.
Mercury Fred
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Welp, looks like we have another PC cop in the thread.ecnal said:
*fistbump*Blackface said:
That's usually what I say after I drop a few N-bombs out on the streets.
Sutton Dagger
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Riposte said:
You want to get into a discussion regarding logic, when your base argument is that racial slurs are an acceptable means of communication? You don't know anything about formal logic and arguments do you? I suggest looking up logical fallacies and in particular an Ad hominem.
Advance_Alarm
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Souldriver said:
this is me correcting you
Paznos said:
The amount of money that someone makes a year doesn't really matter. If 100k was the equivalent of 15 dollars for me, I'd be pissed that I had to fork over 15 dollars for saying a word. Sure, it doesn't really hurt me financially, but it's the principal of the matter that would be an issue for me.
What kind of apology do you want from the guy? He said he didn't mean to offend anyone and wasn't saying it out of hate. What else do you want? A pledge that he will never use the word again even though you know it isn't true?
I hate this whole "fuck up/apology" cycle that always goes on. Someone says something messed up, everyone gets outraged and doesn't let up until that person gives the right public apology that everyone knows they were forced to do. Nothing gets fixed, people just get to pat themselves on the back because they feel like they accomplished something.
Its so fake.
I hate this whole "fuck up/apology" cycle that always goes on. Someone says something messed up, everyone gets outraged and doesn't let up until that person gives the right public apology that everyone knows they were forced to do. Nothing gets fixed, people just get to pat themselves on the back because they feel like they accomplished something.
Its so fake.
Cerebral Assassin
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threenote said:
He equates gay as an insult, how is that not "a big thing"?
BamYouHaveAids
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Why do you even post in these threads? You don't (can't) quantify any of your points and just go off on useless tangents and nonsensical analogies. It's as if you get angry and just splash shit across the computer screen. You don't actually debate and if anything you turn people away from your cause. You haven't made a single relevant or insightful post this entire thread. You've just been smarmy and pedantic.Mercury Fred said:
Meus Renaissance
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J2 Cool said:
Don't you think that's a little extreme?
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