Is the word FAG the same as the word N*gger?

[Northstar]

I don't like either word!!

Why use some word/ words to make people feel bad????

I could'nt agree more!

 

[Kodesh]

Ok, a question here
maybe you guys could help me understand american culture a bit better

How is :
" Fuck you nigger/faggot!"
is more offensive then :
"Fuck you asshole?"

As for "Why use some word/ words to make people feel bad???? "

Well, to show your strong dislike of that people i guess. I mean, in many cases i would simply prefer to knock 'em out, but i dont wanna be departured.

 

[Northstar]

I don't know how to describe this but it would be the same as going to South Africa and calling any black person there "Kafir". I think it boils down to people wanting and needing respect. Whether they be white, black, red, purple, pink, etc... It would be nice if we could get beyond racial barriers but that may never happen and no one wants for there heraldry to be attacked. Did that make sense?

 

[Kodesh]

I don't know how to describe this but it would be the same as going to South Africa and calling any black person there "Kafir". I think it boils down to people wanting and needing respect. Whether they be white, black, red, purple, pink, etc... It would be nice if we could get beyond racial barriers but that may never happen and no one wants for there heraldry to be attacked. Did that make sense?

Yeah, i see your point, but i honestly believe that all this political correctness crap is way too um...dunno the word...too much in the US. Its almost ridiculous..how come i can assault a white guy and perhaps have some charges, and if i assault a black guy ill also probably will be called a racist ? Its not about race...meanwhile you guys here usually make it to be.

Regarding fags, do you guys realise that in many and i mean many countries open homosexuality is culturaly unacceptable. And since US is a melting pot(well@least its what they say), what do you expect? For some of us everything connected to gay ppl will be deragotory just 'cus we were raised this way.

 

[Northstar]

Don't get me wrong. I'm not into political correctness. When my brother returned from Viet Nam he had blood tossed on him at the airport while a group of people called him a child killer. He spent 3 tours over there as a Halo Green Beret. He saw all sorts of horrors. For all the people who condemed him I would love to see meet a violent end. I was Special Forces and Delta Force who transferred over to the Air Force so I could fly, just like my dad in W.W.II. The razzing I got from others at OCS was unbearable but I made it. When they found out my dad flew with Zemkes Wolfpack during W.W.II and is an Ace, they changed their tune. Politics rule the U.S. However, I was raised that color or sexual prefernece was up to each individual and to me and that came from a man (my dad who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor) long before political correctness was even thought of.

 

[minion]

No, it is not the same.

I worked with a guy for over a year, never knew he was gay.

Immediately when you meet a black man, you know he's a black man.

 

[WODIN]

This is nothing but an exercise in symantical bullshit.

 

[musclebrains]

Have a nice day.