Sneaking into burning man this year. FTW

[cookieoh]

It's my sense of humor. I'm not racist and never say racist or hateful things on insta, which is why I haven't been banned.

It's pretty funny putting my normal white life up on ig with the name *******. I get quite a bit of enjoyment from it and find it hilarious, and so does everyone else who follows me. People take social media waaay too seriously.

Besides being a joke, I also like it because it exemplifies my beliefs about freedom of speech. My black friends who know me think it's funny, and they say anyone who's bothered by it is a sensitive pussy, and I agree. I know there will come a day when I get into a fist fight about it, but honestly I'm so down to fight for what I believe in. Who are you to tell me what words in the English language are acceptable to use? ******* means ignorant person. A ****** can be any race. I think it's bullshit that white people are "not allowed" to use that word. That in itself it racist and I believe in equality for all.

It's almost ironic. Only ******* get offended by the word *******. I love it. I grew up in North Florida and I know way more white ******* than black ones. Hate speech and racism isn't cool, and I don't hate anyone. In fact I rarely even say the word out loud, but I like that I can. True racism will die with the older generation. Us young people hardly know the real segregation and racism that our parents and grandparents lived through. ******* is a word and I will exercise my right to use it until the day I die. Fuck political correctness, fuck double standards, and fuck all these sensitive people who try to tell me what I can do or say.

You may not get it, you may think it's dumb, or you may think I'm a piece of shit... But honestly the freedom to make my own mistakes Is something I'm truly grateful for.

 

[Deleted member 20]

I had a similar debate with a homosexual whos a member of STP & was trying to remove the sting of certain words by using them openly on STP. The thing about it is that STP isnt a free for all for any individual to use hate speech or homophobic speech freely to accomplish some sort of attack on the power reserved for certain words. I am not overly sensitive at all & am pretty aggressive in everything I do. I grew up in the inner city of Boston & was 1 of 12 white students among 950 in my high school. I grew up in the hotbed of race riots due to forced bussing. The issues of poverty, addiction, violence & gangs exist past color lines & were/are an everyday struggle for many. What is a "white life"???? I dont think anyone should use the word on STP!

 

[Deleted member 20]

I did follow you on instagram before your explanation & dont know you or your sense of humor but figured WTF is there to loose?. It is my online social media that I participate with. I am active on this forum but these two are the extent of my online interactions.

 

[cookieoh]

Hahaha yeah. By white life I just mean a generic personal instagram account. Not a theme account or anything to do with '*******' at all.

We've gotten pretty off topic, if your ever in the Denver area hit me up I'll buy you a beer and a sandwich!

 

[Matt Derrick]

It's my sense of humor. I'm not racist and never say racist or hateful things on insta, which is why I haven't been banned.

It's pretty funny putting my normal white life up on ig with the name *******. I get quite a bit of enjoyment from it and find it hilarious, and so does everyone else who follows me. People take social media waaay too seriously.

Besides being a joke, I also like it because it exemplifies my beliefs about freedom of speech. My black friends who know me think it's funny, and they say anyone who's bothered by it is a sensitive pussy, and I agree. I know there will come a day when I get into a fist fight about it, but honestly I'm so down to fight for what I believe in. Who are you to tell me what words in the English language are acceptable to use? ******* means ignorant person. A ****** can be any race. I think it's bullshit that white people are "not allowed" to use that word. That in itself it racist and I believe in equality for all.

It's almost ironic. Only ******* get offended by the word *******. I love it. I grew up in North Florida and I know way more white ******* than black ones. Hate speech and racism isn't cool, and I don't hate anyone. In fact I rarely even say the word out loud, but I like that I can. True racism will die with the older generation. Us young people hardly know the real segregation and racism that our parents and grandparents lived through. ******* is a word and I will exercise my right to use it until the day I die. Fuck political correctness, fuck double standards, and fuck all these sensitive people who try to tell me what I can do or say.

You may not get it, you may think it's dumb, or you may think I'm a piece of shit... But honestly the freedom to make my own mistakes Is something I'm truly grateful for.

all this says to me is that you're really ignorant/insensitive to the plight of people of color. whether the word has meaning for you or not is irrelevant. It has a very deep and painful meaning for folks that have had to deal with that kind of hate and discrimination their whole lives, where you have not. try opening up your point of view a little and you might realize that just because YOU don't have a problem with something (aka someone who's never dealt with oppression due to white privilege) doesn't mean it doesn't have a completely different meaning for someone else.

and frankly, i DARE you to say that to a random black person on the street. sorry, your friends don't count.

 

[cookieoh]

Why would you dare me to say that, you think I just run around and try to offend people? No. I sometimes do tell 'random' black people that I've just met about my instagram name and some get angry, But it's MY NAME. Which has zero to do with anyone's plight. And you say what the word means to me is irrelevant? No. What the word means to every single person is relevant. If I had it my way all racial connotation attached to the word would be abolished. And to indicate I'm insensitive and ignorant to the plight of black people, are you serious? A simple word should have absolutely nothing to do with oppression. Maybe you should open up your own point of view a little bit and realize that accepting the status quo of the word as 'racist' is oppressive in of itself, which furthers 'the plight of black people'. If I could snap my fingers and take all the hateful weight that word carries, our world would be one step closer to destroying racism as a whole. It would remove a valuable tool from the haters toolkit- so to speak.

I understand as a forum admin and website owner that probating me and disagreeing is the safest move to make, and you're right. It pisses people off.

With that said, I never said anything hateful or racist. By making a 7 letter word automatically racist is wrong. By you making it a big deal, I believe- (and this is up for debate) that you are empowering racism by propitiating and validating it as a whole.

Racism is a man made construct. As long as man accepts it and recognizes it- it will never truly go away.

this "*******" issue is just a tiny brick in the giant wall of racism/oppression. By taking away the words racist meaning it weakens the wall ever so slightly. Call me optimistic, but I think real racism can easily dissappear in as little as a few generations. I can't predict the future but I can hope for the future.

So go ahead and give me my warning or whatever. I do love this forum and it's wealth of information and you've made a great thing here Matt. We can agree to disagree and I won't say the word here anymore.

 

[Deleted member 2626]

Gonna back this guy on the subject of free speech. But also I don't go around saying either fag or the word nigger but friends call each other that joking around a lot. Its ironic especially if your not racist in the least bit( me). Me and my friends will call each other names making fun of the people that actually do it to each other. My few friends and me don't call each other names for some initiation or weird male awkwardness. They are just words someone put emphasis behind and tagged them racial. Read about the old mountain men. "This her' mountin nigger had some plumb fine doin's last moon." Something like that

 

[wizehop]

Saying things within a group of friends and using negative words in a public space where said groups congregate are two very different things. There is zero reason for any of those words on here, zero.

 

[Kim Chee]

Off topic non-productive conversation. Thread locked.