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Originally Posted by bododie
BTW. Dr. Webley, bododie's remarks are actually her remarks. LOL.
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Sorry about that. lol
Anyway, no Izzy, I am correct when I say you are furthering a straw man argument. You have altered bododie's remark (why is one word taken more offensively if said by a particular group), and turned it into your own (some words are more offensive than others).
You have then proceeded to attack your altered argument to disprove bododie's points, thus fulfilling the straw man definition.
The question is not, "Some words are worse than others?", that's a "duhh" in my book. Of course certain words are going to be more offensive than others.
Which is more offensive, "Hey kids, get the f*** off my lawn." or "Hey kids, get the heck off my lawn." Heck is less offensive than f***.
However, as said before, that is not the argument.
So, yes or no question, "Does a word become more offensive to society if said by a particular race?"