Quote Originally Posted by Moon Rabbits View Post
Oh. Right. Because Michael Richards is a face, not just a voice. People know who he is because of Seinfeld.
No. The reason this made such a big stir is because he is famous, but I've been present when people fling racial slurs around and it explodes like this. It just never gets coverage like this because no one famous is involved.
You kind of contradicted yourself there.

You've been present in situations like this one but they have never been blown up to national coverage because nobody famous was involved.

Racial slurs are meaningless words. People put far too much emphasis on them. When these words, specifically the word that everyone is making a fuss about, ceases to be commonplace among all types of people, then it can be made into a big and important matter.

Specific words should not belong to certain races simply because it pertains to them in a degrading or positive manner. If a black person does not want a white person using a word, they themselves should not use it in any manner.