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Linus thought "hard r" meant "retarded", when it actually means "nigger" (a really really bad slur, as opposed to soft-r, "nigga"). It was funny when everyone realized he didn't mean what they thought he meant.


> It was funny when everyone realized he didn't mean what they thought he meant.

this very much illustrates that blacklisting (sic) words leads to nothing but confusion, not mutual understanding to each other's speech, let alone understanding each other's position. is it what social justice warriors want to bring about general compassionating with?


Agreed, using a word is very different from mentioning it, and mentions being banned along with usage is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.


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