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Why is "Nigger" a bad word?

Who coined that term?What does it mean?And why is it considered an insult to black people?
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" NIGER is an attitude. Arrogant, pushy, entitled, loud, in your face actions,rude. Has nothing to do with color of your skin. It is because of the way Blacks act today. Older generation are very kind and gentle people. "
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I died পাঠ করা that.
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cassie-1-2-3 said:
Nigger was an informal slang term used দ্বারা slave owners, in reference to their slaves. I don't think it was necessarily "coined" দ্বারা anyone, but it was adopted দ্বারা slave owners.

It derived from the neutral verb, "negro", which means black. Slave owners took the word, changed it into "nigger", and used the word to refer to their slaves because they didn't want to dignify them with a real name.

It's insulting to black people because it can signify that আপনি are undeserving of a birth-given name, simply because your skin is dark.

In সাম্প্রতিক day, the term has been altered into a term of endearment of sorts. Some black people have taken a hurtful word and turned it into something they can use to lessen it's original meaning. It can still be offensive, depending on who আপনি are and how আপনি use it.
It's a touchy issue that I wish everyone would just drop. i'd rather nobody called anyone a nigger, in a good অথবা bad way. It would eliminate a lot of tension.
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Tamar20 said:
To be honest. No word in itself is bad... it's just the associations we make with it. আপনি can have a word that sounds the same in different languages and has a different meaning in each language. So it's not the word that's intrinsically bad, it's what we make it mean. But, If আপনি have to type it with hyphens and asterisks, the answer should be obvious. The "N" word, I believe, was originally used in a derogotory sense toward any ignorant person. When there were slaves in the US, the slave owners (mainly white families) started to use the word against their slaves. The word just stuck. It's considered extremely rude because when it first came into use it was used to describe somebody who was ignorant, stupid, good for nothing other than manual labor. In the end, it just turned into a racist, bigoted term that is looked upon as derogatory and condescending. In other words, and it is not just another word for African American. Whoever ব্যক্ত that was seriously mistaken and probably missing a few thousand brain cells.
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Exactly, and NIGER in Latin is a perfect example of this. HOMINĒS NIGRĪ ET HOMINĒS ALBĪ, CVR? CVR NON SŌLVS HOMINĒS? (black men* and white¨*
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keybord screwed me up, black men* and white men, why? Why not just men? (men of course with its original anglo-saxon meaning of person so people)
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false niger mean that over there but this is AMERICA duhhhh
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nigga4lyf said:
Yo, dis aint no gam u kno. we niggas got dem feels and we also hav wishes u kno. so fuck u. smd
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So, then why do আপনি say it? There's no need to be offended... No-one is insulting anyone - it is simply a বিতর্ক topic.
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This guy isn't being Serious lol.
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Yup he is not
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zanhar1 said:
Because it's very racist and used to put down African Americans.

EDIT: Honestly all ya gotta do is read up on the historical context really.
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taismo723 said:
It used to mean a black person.

But personally, I like the term "Negro" better than "Nigger" because "Nigger" sounds offensive. "Negro" does too, but it's the Spanish word for black.
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nigger is the latin word for black
myoscar posted বছরখানেক আগে
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^NO it isn't. *negro* is. I am not Spanish and I know that.
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rude
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para-scence said:
I dont say it, but i dont see why its such a problem. If it is, in fact, insulting, then im sorry to those it offends when people say it. I hate it though when people know its a bad, and they say it. Its so rude and immature.
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ducky8abug4u said:
I don't find the term "nigger" offensive. I've become desensitized to its frequent usage. Where once it was offensive, it is now apart of our colloquial conversation.
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Champman3 said:
In all technicalities nigger means one who cannot support their family অথবা is simply too lazy to be of any worth. I find it ironic that whites like me called slaves niggers yet we were the lazy ones. Hmmm.
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blackpanther666 said:
It is only a bad word, if the person hearing decides to let themself be offended দ্বারা it. I mean, if আপনি call me a moron, I'm not going to blink an eye. আপনি call me a honky-white boy, I'm still not going to give a shit. The fact is... 'black' people were oppressed fro many years দ্বারা 'white' people and considered 'nigger' to be a word that described them as a white man's slave, at least that is what I think it is. It is probably fair enough for them to be offended, though I don't know why they even bother to allow themselves to be offended দ্বারা it these days. It no longer has the same meaning that it once had.
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ImAnEasel said:
Forgive me for answering a প্রশ্ন with a question, but what does 'coined' mean?

Oh and the word 'nigger' was used দ্বারা the people who enslaved black people long পূর্বে (well, not THAT long ago). That's what they called the slaves. Therefore black people have hated the word ever since.
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Coined means some one came up with a new word, টেলিভিশন is one such word coined, from tele and vision
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আপনি talk to much
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@elcastellano: thank you. :) I discovered that a while after posting this answer anyway, but I appreciate it all the same.
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ycoll234 said:
nigger: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga".
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NarutoCrypt said:
what i believe is, আপনি shouldnt even ues a term to describe black people. they are PEOPLE just like us. and i like to just call them people. and using the word "NIGGER"? it can be really offensive depending on your purpose and tone of using it. "Black" is the official term, so if আপনি call them something other than people, call them "blacks".
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What about Negroes, অথবা African-Americans? I'm pretty certain that there are better words for classifying someone of that race than just 'black'.
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The term "Negro," like the term "colored" has fallen into disrepute, as the are remnants of a very difficult and divided time. African American is still acceptable, as is black, although most prefer black, as many don't identify as African American unless they are সাম্প্রতিক immigrants. I had a long conversation about this with black PCVs concerning the racism that exists in my current country of service. Everyone is black here, because they are all African, but it's disturbing how they still find reasons to be prejudicial. Based on language especially, but also based on how BLACK আপনি actually are, with lighter shades of black being in higher favor. Yeah. It's even happening in Africa, and in a country that was never colonized দ্বারা Europeans to boot.
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"Blacks" isn't Really a Favorable term either. "Black people" অথবা "African Americans" is better.
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elcastellano said:
I haven't been able to research it, but from what I've heard it started off as a perfectly harmless word, a corrupted form of negro not nee-grow but nay-gro. As for the word nigger itself, no word is a bad word. Words are just collections of sounds that we give meaning to. Unfortunately, this word has been প্রদত্ত a very bad connotation over time, so if আপনি want to know, no word is bad, but the connotation is. Even still, if everyone would quit bitching about who can and can't say it, if nobody cared about anyone saying it, I don't know what would happen. Just my two cents, hope it helps.
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Resturant1 said:
Well, because its considered as "making fun of people"'s lives.
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tanyapinkett said:
Nigger is a bad word because back in the দিন the whites use to call slaves niggers so don't call a black person nigger because they will ether bet the crap out of আপনি অথবা will just walk away only black people are allowed to call each other niggers
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Black people don"t call each other "Niggers"
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^ Pretty sure they do, bro.
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sunkissme said:
I don't know where it came from. I've never ব্যক্ত it, but it is very offensive to black people. Why? I have no idea. I think it's just another English word. I hear people of various races saying, "What's up niggas!" So I don't understand the problem.
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Black people don't like it with those Various Races say it. Well not all. The younger ones are getting to a point where they don't care that much about "Nigga". Nigger is a different story.
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scooter111 said:
It isn't a bad word. It's just a word guilty White people chose to turn into a bad word. Apparently, it's quite acceptable to call any other race a name, but Black are protected.
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No, it is unacceptable to call anyone a racial slur. Black people just made a bigger deal of it. Pretty sure Chinese dont like to be called Chink, Vietnamese dont like to be called Jungle Bunny, and Mexicans dont like to be be called Beaners অথবা Gatehoppers. In america being Prejudice to anyone can end up with Charges on you.
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glimmerman said:
Because it makes a significant number of people angry when used. Really though, no one should use the word. Also, it is learned behavior and it can be un-learned. There should be one word that everyone agrees on. Honestly, I find it a little confusing. I say black অথবা African-American but really don't know if those are correct. It is not black vs. white অথবা vice versa. It is good vs. evil.
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virgett said:
All Races, Cultures, and Religions have a bad word nick name about them ! African- Americans take offense and hate the word: Nigger because it reflect chains of Slavery Days the put down of no dignity, no respect ! I have heard people call President Bill Clinton a Hillbilly !
I have heard people call George গুল্ম Junior a Retarded Cowboy ! I have heard people call Arabs, Goatheads ! I have heard people call Mexicans, a Mess in a Can ! All Races have nick names, African- Americans should not be so sensitive about nicknames ! All Races in Ancient History have been in Slavery ! Arabs had white European Slaves !
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softlysoftly said:
I have always understood "nigger" to derive from the southern USA pronunciation of "negro" - something like "negre" - a convenient and contemptuous way of referring to slaves. Therefore, its use has been offensive for আরো than 150 years. For example, Frank Richards, in a story in a জনপ্রিয় boy's weekly in 1908 in the UK, refers to "the objectionable word nigger". So, there is no excuse for using it now. The best way to treat it is as equal to the most objectionable swear word আপনি can think of. Not a word to use with people আপনি want to respect you.
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velvethammer said:
NIGER is an attitude. Arrogant, pushy, entitled, loud, in your face actions,rude. Has nothing to do with color of your skin.
It is because of the way Blacks act today. Older generation are very kind and gentle people.
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craigtaylor said:
I don't see why the word 'nigger' is seen as racist because most black people refer each other as 'niggers' for example they say "whats up my Nigga" but if say আপনি অথবা I was to say it we would have to face the consequences
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caractacus said:
I am proud to descend from a very illustrious negress who I am sure would, like me, have considered a man of any race who spelt nigger as n*gig*r to be a patronising, supercilious c*nt.
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Dude, just nigger it's awesome to say
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principesco said:
It has to do with what a black man is wishing for, it has to do with the sense of belonging to a true religious goal অথবা the sense of belonging to a land. It has to do with the level of sexual activity he is able to achieve if he is a good man otherwise they call him nigger. Another প্রশ্ন comes out of this one: why do niggers have same very short haircut?
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k9dog said:
Niger. The latin word for black. It's not alone and it's not an insult, but it does describe the color.
There are variations of the word for different languages, negro is spanish.

So the প্রশ্ন is: Why does America make a color bad? (Just joking, but আপনি see my point).

In Denmark the danish variant "neger" wasn't considered that bad until a few years back. Like english "the n*-word" refers to a black person and not the color itself . It was both part of the name of a certain sweet খাবার bun (Directly translated "n*-kiss") and also used in a nursery rhyme. Today the danish word is as bad as the english. But to be honest I think most danish people only had a naive idea about what a black person was earlier, a bit like an old black-white movie.

The n*-word has been use দ্বারা slave owners, and therefore suggests ownership of a black person. I believe, for that reason and that reason alone, the n*-word has become what it is today.

I wish we could pull all the bad feeling people get from the word away. But it wont happen anytime soon.

In my opinion the reason we can’t use the word, is only due to prejudices about the word itself.

But while I might not mind the word itself. There is no similar word for white people, which I think is odd. There is an disorder which people have the name that is closest to what I would expect: "albinos" (yeah I know what they are). I guess it's better just to say "black" and "white" and drop the "niger" and "albus". I never cared much for the term afro-american though.
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For whilte people the words are honkey, whitey, gringo, and cracker... remeber trvon martin ব্যক্ত racist মতামত on his phone calling the Zimmerman a cracker! Travon was a racist!
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rpcasey001 said:
Who cares? We have a black president. BLACK! The past is over and color is irrelevant and the blacks need to let go of all versions of these words if they ever want to really be free of the slave chains around their necks. This is all on the blacks now. The blacks need to take care of the blacks and address the issues related to black people. There is no আরো slave master, অথবা owner so that means the blacks need to take responsibility. Something that Obama can not do and has set a terrible example for all black people on how to always blame someone else.
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TejanoChimbo said:
► Because you're Pregnant
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ColeThibault said:
It is actually a good thing to say, I say nigger to every nigger on the street, I প্রণয় saying it, nigger nigger nigger nigger nigger nigger nigger, I just don't know why people think that's bad, it is so fun to say, I mean, most niggers are good dancers, and when I see them dance, all I say is, Yeah go Nigger!
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Yeah আপনি type it here, I bet if আপনি say it at all around black ppl is either under your breath অথবা your with a crowd of other like minded ppl. Ignorance knows no color and holds no alligance. Sorry Im a terible speller.
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zscores said:
Nigger is a bad word as it was the বিবরণ of a slave, one stripped of free will. Today a nigger is anyone who pays the graduated income tax - that is, an unapportioned direct tax on labor. US Const. Art.1 Sec.9 Cl.4 ; 15 USC 17 ... labor is not a commodity অথবা প্রবন্ধ of commerce ... . We are all niggers now and will be so until we change back to exclusive consumption based tax mode. So says it in the Federalist Papers @ : # 10, 12, 14, 21, 31, 39, 51, 62, 78, 79, 83
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swag8121 said:
Cause it is offessive to darker people.
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hayden61 said:
Because black people are ignorant
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Just_saying69 said:
So wait a bpack person is offended দ্বারা the word "nigger" but us white people are allowed to be called white boy and not be offended bull.shit i am allowed to say.nigger when ever i want if they can call me a white boy অথবা we should both not say any of those words your choice

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Are আপনি a white male? I can see how being called boy can be offensive.
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Its not an accurate comparison.
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Do the history. The "why can't I?" after being quickly ignorant and dismissive a at best, shows the whiny-ness. "Boy" was used esp. for African slaves BC they were falsely accused of being infantile among other denigrating adjectives. It's not about offense; the n word was literally used দ্বারা "owners" to enact institutional racism. The line can be drawn ask the way to mass incarceration with the treatment being as sub-human but not explicit. Btw, look up "delroy lindo nigger" and if "Must See!" Isn't in the শিরোনাম beginning them I'll post the link. Speaks to exactly your point.
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Aremid said:
I can not answer this প্রশ্ন for ever black person. For me the word nigger is just an unfortunate word. What effects me is when someone not black choices to voice the word with hate in their heart. It basically like your spitting on me. So yea, I say we should all just give up Hate. However that will never happend.
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breasia100 said:
yes nigger is a bad word

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obammy_mammy said:
It's not a bad word. Niggers don't like the word because it describes tjem well...piexes of worthless shit.
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 It's not a bad word. Niggers don't like the word because it describes tjem well...piexes of worthless shit.
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ralphmiles said:
Why nigger a bad word

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mattlinn said:
I hate the word nigger দ্বারা itself but I প্রণয় to say 'Nigga Please'.
Is that wrong
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adr1234 said:
It is so to different coloured people like black people
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ect2626 said:
The fact that people's lives can be ruined দ্বারা saying the "N" word is ridiculous. It's just a word. If আপনি think about it. Only white people get criticized for saying it. It stands to represent a person of dark skin. That's it. Black people say it all the time so the real racism is when white people get in trouble for saying it too.
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It's sad that your not trolling. Do আপনি believe in "reverse racism too?” It's a word like "kike, spic,chink,sand nigger" that came from the same group. The social construct invented দ্বারা that group that created an actual institution of it being enacted worldwide then a major part of it enforced দ্বারা the "representative” word with brutal violence for hundreds of years. Linguistic exists have evaluated it to be the most hateful word in the English language. It's not AAVE/Ebonics to use "nigga" that's not the one that's an issue. If আপনি think the two are the same, then"cat" and cat daddy" are the same, "ape" and "big black ape" are e same, and include "monkey" and "porch monkey". দ্বারা the way, mostly white ppl get criticized because it's mostly them saying it. Other races get criticism too.
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Peaceandlove67 said:
It was originally used as a term for black people during the time that slavery existed in the United States and a lot of other areas. At the time, it was a socially accepted term. It's often considered an insult to them because of that. Of course, any word can be a bad word if আপনি make it bad. I mean, Christ! আপনি can make কুমড়া a bad word.
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supercandy123 said:
Nigger is not a bad word if they can use it like water
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Okii-byee said:
Nigger means ignorant. Therefore, if your any race আপনি can be a nigger. It's not racist! I'm. Nigger I'm ignorant slot but I'm not an African American I'm Caucasian. There's nothing wrong with the word nigger. Although, I'm ladylike I don't use words that sound vulgar.
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bobrd said:
In Shona (one of the Zimbabwean languages) Nigga - pronounced nigger is the name Africans use for men. So it shouldn't be considered racist - but in the daft society we live in - it is considered so
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I see that in Bots too. Knowing that it's an American term and it's long history, সাম্প্রতিক it's become জনপ্রিয় because of access to media. There's a lot of emulation towards American Black culture. Nigger is pronounced nigga here same as "here" is pronounced "hea” because of proper English. Notice আপনি don't hear other races referred to as "dat nigga" অথবা "my nigga"
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thehorsegirl123 said:
it is originally from the 17th century uselly against black people who were originally slaves that is all i know

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JEXES said:
Politicians were also slave owners. They coined the term Nigger. Government just loves dividing people. It keeps them in power running the প্রদর্শনী like a horror movie while lining their pockets with dead Presidents.
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Interesting and noted!
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I agree with আপনি Sofrsh88
corveira posted বছরখানেক আগে
corveira said:
I don't know, I know that Niggs sometimes get hurt if আপনি call them black.. which I don't get it Niggermania… ( I thought that was harsh..) your hair looks my puss hair... I thought that was insulting.. and the last one.. at least my hair is real Amistad!
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leezabrown said:
U Shouldn't use it cause I am 12and lied I am 16 so bitches and idiots committee suicide now fuckers
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kebrt said:
why is hard r/ the n word so bad?

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