I say everything inappropriate at all times so yeah to me you are on the OTHER END of the scale. Also I know what the fuck "ashy" and "nappy" mean, and no I will never stop saying the word "Nigger" in context.

What is it about CoD that makes multiplayer so toxic?

I play plenty of online games, but CoD is the only one where I've ever been called a "nigger fag".

On the word, not the video:

There's only one friend of mine who gets away with using that word. She gets away with it for the same reason that only some people can say 'nigger'.

This probably requires some background. The details of the story are not totally clear, and won't be pending an investigation. The facts are that Jonathan Martin left the team after what was described as a "breakdown" in the cafeteria. Apparently the team was pranking him by banding together and refusing to sit with him. This is the sort of behavior you see. Afterwards allegations of physical beating and voice mails were revealed that suggested Richie Incognito (I know, ironic name) was the primary perpetrator of the abuses.

Focus has been on the use of the racial epithet in question. Frankly, I think this is a red herring. I, like many of you, don't really care about the use of that word. That said, I think Shannon is correct in stating there are signs of something deeper here. That is, real actual issues of race relations.

You've heard here that Incognito is thought of as an "honorary black" in that locker room. More background is that Jonathan Martin would have been the third generation in his family to graduate from Harvard, but he decided to go to Stanford instead. It's been suggested that Martin was ostracized more for this reason than anything. He just came from a completely different place than most of the other guys playing. At its root, the allegation is that they made him feel uncomfortable for coming from a wealthy black family.

What I find much more upsetting than any epithet is what I interpreted to be a continuation of the sort of attitude Shannon was talking about. By implying he had used an incorrect word rather than emotionally flubbing its pronunciation the implication, to me, is that his intellect is not being respected. Since this clip is most definitely about race, and that is a common stereotype about black men, I couldn't help but wonder if his skin color biased your judgements. That, to me, is much more troubling than throwing around nigger, fag, or kyke with your friends.

In the end, I think this whole story will blow over. It's just as likely to me that Martin was replaced as a starter, and is now trying to lawyer up (call his parents) to cash out his career. We won't know until they look into it. Still, in this context, I was surprised people here of all places would belittle this sort of commentary, and by extension the commentator. It's disrespectful to the message if nothing else. If you don't find discussions of race relations worth being dignified then I guess I think you're kind of a dick even if you aren't a bigot.

I said I also didn't think he is or ever was funny. If it's not funny and you're just saying you'll stab your nigger son to death for being gay...yeah...

My son “better talk to me like a man and not in a gay voice or I’ll pull out a knife and stab that little nigger to death.”

"I don’t fucking care if I piss off some gays, because if they can take a fucking dick up their ass… they can take a fucking joke."
-Tracy Morgan

^all I think about when I see Tracy Morgan anymore. It doesn't help that I didn't think he was funny in the first place.

Appreciated-This happens not infrequently when colloquial euphemisms are used to make a point-That point lost in translation for some whose itchy-trigger-fingers twitch at the very odour of being able to scream RACISM! from the high tower of moral superiority and cultural sensitivity.

Hey babymech, your comment was popular, eh? You can't "hear" the written word by the way, you "read" it. The word "nigger" rang in the head like a church bell, and a predictable knee-jerk reaction followed at the sight of a combination of keystrokes, choosing not to address the meat of my comment, but fixated instead on some inferred or assumed character flaw? It's a diversionary tactic not uncommon with so-called 'news' and political organizations not unlike my conscious decision to use an inflammatory euphemism to invoke a predictable reaction.

In a sane world, men who rape women would be shot at sunrise and people who cry racism when they read a single printed word are in desperate need of continuing education.

Danke, braschlosan-This has happened here before when I've intentionally pushed the "OMG racism!" button.

gay priest fag nigger bitch cunt cracker first world problem 99 percenter repoublican males that cry transgendered piss slave Muslim pagent winner alien parasite in your stomach to consume humanity for the ultimate genocide

DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO LIVE

I blame Tarrantino. Bad tipper, asshole youth corrupter.

Sarah Silverman takes blame too. I blame her for being so hot and not my wife. I'll make a virtual reality model after her with a penis.

Damn house nigger -- SAMUEL L. JACKSON MADE ME THINK THAT!

The sheer ignorance of this person makes me want to vomit large chunks of honey glazed ham.

The lesson to be learned here is to never trust that "special someone" to keep your personal videos proclaiming a love for nigger tongue to themselves. Once your dirty laundry is aired, (or in this case dirty wet panties), there's no stopping it from becoming viral. Won't her parents be proud!

While there are certain excesses in political correctness, there is a genuine reason for it.

There are a lot of people who complain about "PC gone mad" simply because they're not allowed call out those niggers and fags anymore.

I agree that people should be able to express their opinion, but I'm not sorry that certain opinions have become socially unacceptable.

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Haha, oh wow. I'm sure you must know lots about the unfairness of life Mr 1stworld Staight White Male (...am I wrong?). Must be hard to accept the status quo when it so benefits you. Your idea of persecution is having to live with the idea two men might be fucking somewhere. Truly do I pity you.

Grow up nigger. Accept that life gave you chains and that it gave me the whip.

I like Paul Mooney's take on it in his, "Nigger History Lesson:(RACE album)

'Cause we built the pyramids. We built 'em so good, we forgot how we did it! Ask white folks who built the pyramids...."People from Maarrs...Space people, " "Fuck You!...."Niggers, and Jews, and Jews were our slaves then, let's be real, we made them motherfuckers---PICK THAT BRICK UP, GOLDBERG!!' ...until God and Moses double-crossed us, and they got away!

Oh, ffs. Do you have a 2nd Amendment right to own a tank (with ordnance)? A TOW missile? A nuclear device? Claymores? Don't these arms fall under your "you may not own this item"? And are you really trying to equate words that people know with guns that people can buy? Do you think that Congress has the power to limit hate speech by striking the words "nigger", "fag", and "spic" from the minds of 300 million people? So, yeah... different. Just not in the way you are trying to spin it. One doesn't simply purchase words and sentences in a store. Your argument is compositional fallacy.

It's likely my definition and your definition of "reasonable" are different, and by no means do restrictions on the 2nd amendment have to be considered reasonable by every person. I'm one person who happens to think an assault weapons ban IS a reasonable restriction. The Bill of Rights is for all Americans, not just gun nuts.

You can spin it any way you like that gets you through your day, but the Constitution is subject to amending, and Amendments are subject to definition by Congress and the courts. An assault weapons ban may piss you off, but it's not outside the purview of Congress, and it isn't a denial of your 2nd Amendment rights.