The change they should be supporting is “don’t.”

I’d bet dollars to donuts this person is not even sexually attracted to women.

Your point that you keep talking about the n word and that isn’t even what the focus was? Really what is your point? You’re a racist who finds racism acceptable and is deeply offended that anyone would point out that being racist makes you a shitty person? That your point?

How do you know what I understand about the Indian caste system? Racist caricatures are racist caricatures, even if that culture finds racism to be acceptable. You clowns really love to act like embracing racism is somehow enlightened, goddamn.

Again, you’re the one focusing on the word and continuing to outright ignore the comment about racist depictions. Again, ya’ll are very obvious, especially “black knight.” Ya’ll are racist Trash and full of shit to boot.

You’re completely ignoring what I’m actually saying to keep pushing your own narrative. I specifically stated they may be ignorant of the origin of the n word, but you know that. That’s why you and these other racists keep harping on that and not addressing the issue of racist depictions. Ya’ll are so obvious, I could almost laugh.

Exactly, thank you. Gotta love these “enlightened” racists.

Not tolerating racism is a narrow world view? You aren’t hiding your power level very well.

What’s preposterous is the number of people who get upset, make excuses, and try and throw it back when I call out racism. Before I paste what I said in another comment, I’d like to point out that I specifically said that some non native English speakers may be ignorant of the history of the n word. Anyway:

While I understand the similarity with the latin languages, as it shares that origin, it is its own word. The actual word is being used, not words that sound alike, as it was exported by colonial powers.

While I understand the similarity with the latin languages, as it shares that origin, it is its own word. The actual word is being used, not words that sound alike, as it was exported by colonial powers. I don’t have to have lived there to be aware of its use. Hell, anyone that read the post is now aware, there wasn’t any confusion as to what was stated in the peace corps document.

You can not say these things do not have “the connotations or baggage” (how dismissive) that “westerners attach to it.” The N word is an English word with one use, dehumanizing people of African ancestry. Blackface and Sambo imagery are also borne of white supremacist ideals and dehumanizing Africans. That is specifically where this stuff comes from. There is no alternative interpretation. You could maybe say someone is ignorant of the history of the N word, but if you are not racist garbage, the intent of blackface and Sambo imagery is very clear without needing a history lesson. Acting as an apologist for racists is functionally the same as being racist. I’m sure you’ve heard the expression about having dinner with 9 Nazis. 10 Nazis are having dinner.

My understanding is that it is intentionally adulterated by illegal distillers in order to increase potency while keeping costs down in a competitive black market of alcohol sales to those who can not afford legal alchohol.

I didn’t look at the post myself, I was just going off of the statement I responded to stating it was “mild disagreement.” That’s on me. As for the symptoms, I can explain in my own words next time, that may read better.

I’m ND myself, thanks! The person I was responding to seemed confused as to why the poster is so upset with folks having mild disagreement with their statements, and I provided context.

The larger issue here is that our society idolizes the military in the first place. I find that much more concerning than “stolen valor.”

“Symptoms include an excessive need for admiration, disregard for others’ feelings, an inability to handle any criticism, and a sense of entitlement.”

Don’t tell idaho, their bars will have a “Super awesome straight skinny guy beach days” every Saturday…

You apparently struggle with reading comprehension. You wrote out that entire tirade against something I didn’t say. Again, the advertisement was KEVIN COSTNER, the actor not a character, going on about what great people settlers were. In fact, it was a rather terrible advertisement because all I could gather is that the movie is about settlers going west.

The advertisement I saw for this film struck me as some white supremacist nonsense, so I won’t be seeing it. Costner carrying on about what great people settlers were, no thanks.

If you consider that around 3,000 people were killed on 9/11 and around 5 million were killed by America’s responding “war on terror,” this really was Isreal’s 9/11. Hell, the US put boots in damn near every country in the region except the country that funded, trained (with our help), and planned the attack.