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While channel surfing I came upon a very heated discussion on HLN. I didn't see the entire show. It was the Drew Somethingorother show (no relation to Nancy). A group of mostly black women and two men were arguing about whether anyone should ever say the word 'nigger' out loud. They all referred to it as 'the N word'.

It made me wonder what all you crackers think of the word. Is saying 'nigger' out loud the worst thing that anyone can say? On the TV show everyone seemed to agree that it's a very bad word and when one guy said it out loud others were offended (I guess they don't like a lot of rap music either).

One thing that occurred to me while they were arguing is if black people stopped using the word it might disappear.

I can't remember the last time I heard a white person say 'nigger' but I live in the SF Bay Area and everybody here is politically correct and perfect...

Don't use it. Don't hear other people using it. Calling someone "Trumpian" would be worse

One of the shibboleths of the PC crowd.

SAY, WHAT?

There's a time and a place for every word, although I can't think of a time or place that I myself might have a use for that particular word outside of an academic discussion about its use. I will probably never have a use for that word in any casual conversation I may ever have, but it's just silly trying to eradicate the use of a word, especially by replacing it with a euphemism for that same word. When you say "n-word" everyone knows you're saying "nigger," the same way when you say "effing" everyone knows you're saying "fucking." It's a nod to politeness and civility, I suppose, but is it really any more polite or civil when the intention is just as clear? Words are just words, just noises, just scribbles, not inherently good or bad; it's how and when they're used that makes a difference. Just as I can't (and wouldn't want to) imagine a situation in which I'd use "nigger" myself, I similarly can't imagine removing it from, say, Huckleberry Finn.

another good post, sue.

you pretty much nailed it.

I have no problem saying the word in a discussion of its use, and have had no problem saying it in that way while discussing things with my black friends, and often have.

not something that I would call someone, my mom taught me better.

but my friends (black friends), use the word. as in...stay away from that motherfucker, wes. that nigger s crazy, or something similar

is usinr 'nigger' wrong? sometimes.... you know it when you hear it....

but speaking of jigger...

when I was about 5-6, my dad s friend had a boston terrier named jigger, 'cause "he ain t no bigger than a jigger" he said...

he lived on church street at the time, and it was a rough street with tough guys, white and black...

he used to think it was hilarious when he called the dog in, 'come on jigger"! and all the people would think he was saying nigger for just a second...

but my dad and he were tough hombres and it would ve taken a whole tarzan movie cast to kick their asses

I have always been under the impression that a "jigger" is an implement for measuring shots for mixed drinks...

J.W.A.

raythom....

I got it.....

RayThom wrote:J.W.A.

Yet another noisy menorahty

Lord Jim wrote:I have always been under the impression that a "jigger" is an implement for measuring shots for mixed drinks...

Generally considered to be a 1½-ounce measure.
A straight shot is one ounce.

-"BB"-

measuring shots for mixed drinks...

No measuring needed, just leave the bottle.

I can draw John Lennon.....