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So here's the deal, I was in a bar the other day, talking to a midget friend of mine (no really he's legitly a midget) and he tells me the word "midget" is offensive.  I told him what I thought, because were friends and we dont have to walk on eggshells around each other and now I tell the fu-world what i think.

"words", "names", "identifying characteristics", are NOT offensive and people need to get off their high horse about that shit.  INTENT is everything when it comes to words, names and identifying characteristics.. Situational use of words means everything, and Im not talking about the situations as in whom you are in front of and whom you are not, because regardless of that aspect of situations your intent in use of words is the same.  Im talking about HOW you use the words, what phrasing and what intent is behind the use, when you use them.

This concept is why black people can claim to use "nigger" , "nigga" or whatever other slang term they use to identify each other and white people cant use the very same term in a politically correct society.  Its utterly rediculous that words get banned from societal use, merely because one group of people find the word offensive, and NEVER address the real problem, intent.  

I dont care about the color of your skin or how tall you are, "midget", "beaner", "nigger" and other such words all have both positive and negative intents behind them and people should be judged on their individual use of them AND individual intent, instead of this rediculousness of an entire word be stricken from a language because "sometimes" it gets used in a bad light.

So to those who take offense to those "words" first off, grow a sack, there are far more things to be offended about in this world than what name someone identifies you by. Secondly, you better hope that person meant it offensively before you open your trap, or you just misjudged someone else for the use of word not intended to be offensive.

The practice of banning words is ultimately lazy, how about we pay attention to those saying them and when and figure out if theyre just an asshole or not? the world would get along much better that way and 90% of the population wouldnt have to walk on eggshells that way. and , for the record, Im not an asshole, most that know me know this, but to the politically correct world, I AM an asshole, its a badge i wear with pride and will continue to ear that badge because i dont fear political correctness in any shape form or manner.

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