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darkpuma
on Feb 14, 2019
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Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
4chan was doing it specifically with a six letter racial slur that's unrepeatable.
casefields
on Feb 14, 2019
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Since you're so afraid to use the word 'nigger' here's a book by a Harvard law professor you should probably read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger:_The_Strange_Career_of_...
waterhouse
on Feb 14, 2019
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I guessed correctly: the author belongs to the one racial group for whom it's politically correct to use the word.
darkpuma
on Feb 14, 2019
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Better safe than sorry, there are enough people who think context doesn't matter.
dvdkon
on Feb 14, 2019
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So what's going to happen if you write "nigger" that you're so unwilling to write it? It's not like you'd be calling someone a nigger, you'd be using it in a clearly informative manner,
amanaplanacanal
on Feb 14, 2019
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My understanding is that some folks have gotten in trouble anyway. Good luck to you!
darkpuma
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I don't care to find out.
gcb0
on Feb 14, 2019
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not really. it started with the word "penis" for the original "campaign" but since a single word was obviously ineffective the meme improved.
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