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[KS63]

Anyone think that there will be a Sourh Park episode of this trial? Ms. Star Witness is doing a great job.

[Ronin13]

There are not too many words that offend me, what offends me is the double standard to which words are acceptable. Case in point, the N word is censored on all local radio stations (that I'm aware of), however KS107.5 finds it perfectly acceptable to play a song with a verse stating "that's a cold a$$ H@#$%& ". Now I'm not going to say either word "out loud" because then I'd be contradicting myself, but I think most of you know what the white racial "H" word is. Once again, neither word offends me, as they are just words in my opinion. But why am I the worst form of human being if I happen to call someone a N, but it's perfectly fine for a hip hop artists to sling the H word around?

ETA: my apologies for getting off track, just got up on a soap box.

Just FYI- and I agree- but the guy who made the song with that Honkey quote- he's white... so it's no different than two black rappers calling each other that N-word.
But on the subject of cracker: (NSFW)

To quote from this video (go to 2:08) "'Hey Cracker', ooh, ruined my day... bringing me back to owning land and people."

Anyone think that there will be a Sourh Park episode of this trial? Ms. Star Witness is doing a great job.

Definitely! I wouldn't be surprised.

[hurley842002]

Just FYI- and I agree- but the guy who made the song with that Honkey quote- he's white... so it's no different than two black rappers calling each other that N-word.

I didn't know the artist was white, but that's still not my point. My point is regardless of the race of the artist, it's okay to use a white racial slur on the radio, but it's not okay to use a black racial slur, double standard.

[RblDiver]

Agreed, the double standard is ridiculous.

Do I think all black people are, to be PC, "N-words?" Hell no. Heck, one of my family's oldest friends is staying with me right now, and he's black and probably the nicest guy in the US. The ones I would think as deserving of that title would be essentially the black version of white trash; drug addicts, violent criminal offenders, people who leech off society while blaming "whitey" for all their problems, etc.

Would I get all riled up if they came up and called me cracka? No, I'd know that the person saying it was an idiot and move on with my life. Trouble is that today we have such a thin skin that everyone is "offended" by something. You shouldn't try to be offensive, and likewise neither try to be offended.

[mtnhack]

We joke all the time at work calling each other "crackers" for some shit or another. Being from OK- cracker. you like to go Noodling- cracker. Drinking cheap, shitty beer- cracker. You ate squirrel when you were a kid- cracker. etc


Cracker is not very derogatory in my mind. I guess if it were said to me in hate and not jest, that might anger me, but not because of the word, because of the tone. I can't even think of a truly offensive derogatory word for a white person.

[Ronin13]

I didn't know the artist was white, but that's still not my point. My point is regardless of the race of the artist, it's okay to use a white racial slur on the radio, but it's not okay to use a black racial slur, double standard.

Oh I agree. If you're gonna bleep out N-word, you need to not discriminate and bleep out "Cracker", "honkey", "whitey", and "peckerwood."

[sniper7]

Anyways, any news today on the trial? I'm working.

[palepainter]

They came to the conclusion that the key witness can not read or write, but knows 3 languages.

[clublights]

You wanna see how fast black folk will go race card on ya.. try working security at a night club.......

kick em out for fighting, being to drunk, anything you would kick anyone out for .. or not let them in cuz they don;t have ID.....
I've been called cracker, whitey, White devil, peckerwood, Bubba, redneck, white trash, trailer trash, heck you think of it . I've been called it.

I responded by laughing most the time.. or just shake my head.

[cofi]

That Colombian witness stated zimmerman was on top of martin when she came outside(right after she heard gunshots)