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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I do the same, but this is really the issue with words some people are allowed to say but others aren't. Hearing something all the time and not saying it just isn't something we're built for. So it's kind of like encouraging a cultural separation.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

If I recall correctly, many organizations that advocate in the interest of black people prefer no one use the word.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's for that reason why I advocate for everyone to be allowed to say it just like we do with cracker yea one is more prominent than the other but man if we are equal than shouldn't it be easy to decide if slurs are allowed at all or not yet again I advocate for all slurs to be allowed by everyone because banning them just gives them power via significance

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean, it's not that difficult. I listen to plenty of rap and I don't think I've ever spoken the word, certainly not in public. I don't see it as cultural separation but as cultural respect. ~~Eminem has gone an entire rap career without saying it, and he doesn't seem very fussed about it.~~

Edit: He has said it before earlier in his career, but not now for quite a while. The general point I'm making is the same though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me when I hear someone speak my internal monologue patterns itself after their speech for a while, and I've heard others describe the same. Accents shift over time if you move somewhere with a different accent. I think it's possible to have your words follow a set of rules, but for most people that will take active filtering that will make their speech less off-the-cuff and might slip if they are tired or drunk or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You know it's interesting, because I'm the same way, but I haven't had that happen for me. Not saying you're wrong, it's just interesting how the phenomenon varies. If I have one long listen/exposure, multiple hours long, then I'll it happen to me. That isn't a common occurrence though.

I get your point though. I suppose it just comes down to how someone's brain is wired, and to what level they can separate it from their own speech.