Obama used the N word!

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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Critics are saying that this was not necessary to make his point about how racism still is a problem in American society. I lean toward the less use of the word the better so I agree with the critics. How about you?
 

He chose his words carefully.
Sometimes it is appropriate to call a spade a n*gg*r.
No apologies from me on this one in case you are thinking that I've gone too far.

A gunman shoots nine black worshippers dead to start a race war and people are fussing about one word coming from the lips of the president.
What about the rest of his message?

If Obama has slipped the leash of political correctness and plans to make a difference before his presidency ends then I say, "Go Barrack!"
 
Your opinion has been duly noted, and I will let it pass without comment for the moment...
 

I believe he has every right to use the word in the context he did.. He was making a point that just because most of us don't use it any longer, it does not mean that racism is gone.. It's still alive and present. Wonder how many times he has been called that in his lifetime... Bet more times that can be counted.. particularly in the last 8 years.
 
No, no, I am trying to make a point. You would probably chastise a white leader for using the N word or any slur word for a race, but it is OK for a member of a particular race to use a slur word about their race. I stand my ground that this wrong...
 
The Pope? He is all over the lot with his contradictions in thinking, but that is another story...:D
 
Without going into a long diatribe or pontification of remarks, I will just say that I feel that the President could have (or maybe should have) made his remarks in a different way, so as not to have a need to use the 'N' word. It is sort of like those people that use the 'F' word because they feel that they can better stress their point by doing so. Would that be acceptable also, if the President used that word, so long as he used it in the proper context?

In other words, I guess what I am saying is that there are just some words that do not have to be used to stress one's point. We have over one million words in the English language, so I would imagine that a man with the President's intellect should be able to find another suitable word.

From CNN: "It's not just a matter of it not being polite to say ****** in public," Or, "It's not just a matter of it not being polite to say the "N" word in public," http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/22/politics/obama-n-word-race-politics/
In either sentence, I get the point, don't you?
 
NO... I think that the fact that the President is Black... and has experienced being called that in his life, gives him a license that Whites don't have.. Sorry if this upsets anyone... but if you are a member of a group, you have more latitude.. For example, in another thread.. TrueSpock made a blind joke... he added that he WAS legally blind.. so he could say that.. Don't you agree?

However the President wasn't making a joke... which under the circumstances would be terribley inappropriate.. He was stating a fact..
 
Yes, he can, and many of the blind and visually impaired have great senses of humor. They some times share it with the sighted when at times they call each other "a blink" in front of us...
 
In the context in which President Obama used the N word, he was essentially quoting those racists who use the word routinely. If he had tried to disguise it, water it down, or say it differently, it would not have had the impact that it obviously did. He is a wise man and he does not speak impulsively. He knew what he was saying and he knew it needed to be said exactly the way he said it. I support him 100%.
 
Glinda said:
In the context in which President Obama used the N word, he was essentially quoting those racists who use the word routinely. If he had tried to disguise it, water it down, or say it differently, it would not have had the impact that it obviously did. He is a wise man and he does not speak impulsively. He knew what he was saying and he knew it needed to be said exactly the way he said it. I support him 100%.
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Exactly! Well said, Glinda.
 
I think when President Obama was elected, it accelerated racism in our country, he does an excellent job of pointing out the wrongs so that all are aware and trying to keep the crazies calm.
 
Jackie22 said:
I think when President Obama was elected, it accelerated racism in our country, he does an excellent job of pointing out the wrongs so that all are aware and trying to keep the crazies calm.
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I for one was gobsmacked at how racists and racist comments came out of the woodwork after his election. I fully admit to being one of those unaware caucasians who really believed that was left back in the 60's.. Sadly... it had just gone underground... which is why so many talking heads take exception to him using the "word".. it embarrasses them, and shines a light on their true feelings.. No.. they don't use the "N" word in public.... only sometimes in private.. and most often in their heads.
 
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