Poll: Young people see online slurs as just joking

[Hal-9000]

I agree with this, well said hal

I think tho Jay that the article is talking about a more subtle side of life....the ease in which kids (and others) use slurs online now.Not sure if it has much to do with bullying, moreso to do with using words in text that we wouldn't typically use in conversation in public...

I see it as becoming grammatically jaded..."I call my friends nigger all the time on MSN, cuz dey is my crew" and that same kid wouldn't use the term in a school classroom for example because part of him knows that it's offensive.

[fricnjay]

My point is the only power words have over us is the power we assign to them. They are just words, if I want to call my friends nigga then I have the right to do so, I life in America and I have a protected right of free speech. I hear black kids and adults all the time calling both their black friends and their white friends nigga all the time so why cant I do it. If you make the distinction that this race can but this one cant you are violating my right to free speech and your flat out a racist. I have a gay friend and at times I have heard him say and I quote "even I think thats gay". I honestly think its funny because white people have been deemed "cracker" white bread" "honky" and guess what as a group of people we said we didnt care...now how often do you hear those terms? They only continue when the people they are made about give them power.

[Acid Trip]

Hal, did you just agree with yourself in the 3rd person?

[Muddy]

Amen to that. Conceal and carry for the win!

Yeah right.. See you on D block for the rest of your life..

[Loser]

Oh for sure but what I was taking about is the same thing too....that girl wouldn't have stood there and said the same things.She obviously didn't because she took the time to make the page.

Keyboards make you brave... and in turn, you use words in text that you wouldn't in normal face to face conversations.The N word, fag etc...

ie Lots of people take shots at me here calling me the ghey names (which is in jest and I understand and welcome it ) but I don't think too many would stand in front of me and call me a fag to my face...

Erm not true, well maybe for some panzies that can't handle themselves, but if I think someones an asshole, I'll call them out on it right to their face. Don't give a shit who it is. Wouldn't be the first time I got into a fight, been stabbed, or shot for that matter.

Now, with that being said, I do agree with you that the internet has given people balls, but this goes much deeper then just the internet. Guns, knives, swords, bats, clubs, etc.... have been giving people delusions of grandeur for a long time before the internet was invented.

But it always boils down to one thing really, a pussy with a gun is still a pussy. I.E. a pussy on the internet is still a pussy.*not talking porn here ya perverts *

[Acid Trip]

Yeah right.. See you on D block for the rest of your life..

Please. It was a joke to shoot someone in the face who insults you. Sarcasm > Muddy

[Muddy]

Please. It was a joke to shoot someone in the face who insults you. Sarcasm > Muddy

I know, I know... But really I have had people say that to me before (I did jiu-jitsu back in the day) They'd say "you try and use that on me and I'll just shoot you" So I'd usually immediately turn around and grab them real quick, and say "OK,shoot motherfucker..*grin*"

[Joebob034]

Everyone needs to just relax.

stop being such a retard slut gay.............fag

[Loser]

[Hal-9000]

Hal, did you just agree with yourself in the 3rd person?

hal doesn't play that shit

[Hal-9000]

Erm not true, well maybe for some panzies that can't handle themselves, but if I think someones an asshole, I'll call them out on it right to their face. Don't give a shit who it is. Wouldn't be the first time I got into a fight, been stabbed, or shot for that matter.

Now, with that being said, I do agree with you that the internet has given people balls, but this goes much deeper then just the internet. Guns, knives, swords, bats, clubs, etc.... have been giving people delusions of grandeur for a long time before the internet was invented.

But it always boils down to one thing really, a pussy with a gun is still a pussy. I.E. a pussy on the internet is still a pussy.*not talking porn here ya perverts *

I think tho Jay that the article is talking about a more subtle side of life....the ease in which kids (and others) use slurs online now.Not sure if it has much to do with bullying, moreso to do with using words in text that we wouldn't typically use in conversation in public...

I see it as becoming grammatically jaded..."I call my friends nigger all the time on MSN, cuz dey is my crew" and that same kid wouldn't use the term in a school classroom for example because part of him knows that it's offensive.

erm totally true!

check out hal's post, he's got it

[PorkChopSandwiches]

stop being such a retard slut gay.............fag

[Muddy]

check out hal's post, he's got it

I only read my own posts..

[Hal-9000]

My point is the only power words have over us is the power we assign to them. They are just words, if I want to call my friends nigga then I have the right to do so, I life in America and I have a protected right of free speech. I hear black kids and adults all the time calling both their black friends and their white friends nigga all the time so why cant I do it. If you make the distinction that this race can but this one cant you are violating my right to free speech and your flat out a racist. I have a gay friend and at times I have heard him say and I quote "even I think thats gay". I honestly think its funny because white people have been deemed "cracker" white bread" "honky" and guess what as a group of people we said we didnt care...now how often do you hear those terms? They only continue when the people they are made about give them power.

I know what you're saying about power words but couldn't disagree more....

By your logic I can call your wife a cunt to her face, just because I don't believe the word has a bad connotation? Trust me, you wouldn't let that go on for too long...but the Brits use it as a descriptive term so it must be ok, eh?

Same thing with nigger - it's a derogatory term specifically addressed to one race, when it was coined over 300 years ago.Just because you think it's ok to call your friends nigga or it's an 'ok' word in your vocabulary....does not mean it's right to use it.In that case, only you think it's right in your context.

I work with a black guy and we're friends.He doesn't use or appreciate the term so us other 9 employees don't call him that.Even in the form of - Hey nigga, what's happening today? Or a better example - Oh Mister Truck driver I'll get you some help, we'll let the nigger help you

Again, you calling your friends nigga is no better, you're still perpetrating the offending term.

[Hal-9000]

I only read my own posts..

I know you didn't read it...the post contained over 2 lines