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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
The intent behind the words is also important and these days overlooked the corner shop near where i used to live was pakistani owned and the owner often refrrred to it as the paki shop i asked him one day why he used the term and he said they are just words and factually accurate i am a paki and this is a shop. While any form of discrimination is unacceptable the intent is the unacceptable part not always the words and in my perception it is white people who get jumped on most for racism and other discrimination while other sectors of the public use just as unacceptable terms with hateful intent and we pussy foot around them usually on religious grounds not wanting to upset or offend.
Until it is even in it's application and all sectors of the public abide by it there will never be an eradication of the worst traits of people.
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Intent is, in my mind, the right wording here. As a general guide, if a term for a person is used before, during or after a good kicking, then you can be pretty sure it's not a nice term and will not be received as one.