That didn't work too well for Kramer. Crossing a line while being funny is important.

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I agree with the last part. But stop labeling it as ALL liberal thing. It's all of society. Trust me - there are whiny old conservative bitches out there complaining just as much about some joke that is offensive to their people. Our whole society is always looking for something to complain about.

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I don't know what we're yelling about!

Of course. I think that goes without saying.

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You were forced to change your moniker after that

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I was probably the biggest victim of all from what Michael Richards did.

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Anybody else have no idea what Nas and BR are talking about?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

You're right.

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The Comedy Central Roasts could be considered the most offensive things I've ever watched, but no one gets offended. Why?
Because
a) it's funny; and
b) all the prudes who wouldn't like it just don't watch.

If they're that sensitive about everything, just don't watch TV, don't listen to radio, don't get on the internet, and don't go outside your house.

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<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

No.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I know you're offended by the use of n-----. So even though I find the usage "the n word" to be utterly childish (we all know what word we're talking about, why the fear of spelling it out?), why would I use it when I know it bothers a guy I like? To do so would make me a jerk-off.

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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

BR original moniker was Kramer. After Kramer chanted that word BR quietly changed his moniker.

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Well, not just that ....

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JORR I am not bothered by the word. I was bothered by how comfortable a lot of people got posting the word. Some were enjoying using the word without anyone complaining. If you called me that next week you wouldn't get an angry response from me.

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It's a really weird quirk for a white guy liking hip hop. I use replacement words even when Im alone. Feels weird, but whatever

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I can understand

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I just listen to white rappers exclusively.

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Office Space, you mean


And yes, one of the best opening jokes of a movie ever



But Id never turn it down like that. No one ever gives me looks when Im blasting it

I just think worrying about the use of a word creates a false narrative about what racism really is and gets people focusing on the trivial rather than the important.

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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Whatever you say, Heetler

EXAMPLE: Who do you think is a bigger racist Riley Cooper or Rahm Emanuel?

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I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

It's a generational & experience thing. I still am bothered by the word and most will get an angry response from me. It isn't trivial to me, nor do I think it gets people more focused on the trivial here. It shows either a lack of respect by the user or a bit of misguided familiarity except for a very select few people I'm close to.

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You've jumped to the trivial a bit too quickly here.

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Of course, anything can be personal. I'm referring to the concept seemingly promoted by mass media and by our culture at large that wiping out the use of a word magically wipes out racism. That's nothing more than a salve for the guilty.

Although the word is certainly associated with racism, there are plenty of racists who never say it and plenty of people who use it who are not virulent racists at all.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Agreed. I'm reminded of a Royko column equating Deerfield home fundraisers for the NAACP and the rioters in Gage/Marquette Park when we were much younger. Except in their use of the N word.

As for the plenty who use it and aren't virulent racists, yeah perhaps, but most of them are idiots in my book.

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When I am throwing down some rhymes, even if I am not with my homies, I substitute the word "Willis," in honor of the late Todd Bridges.

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