On 6/21/20 10:01 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2020-06-21 at 12:53, deloptes wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
Wrong. "Nigger" (a corruption of negro) was only used by whites
and always had derogatory connotations. "Black" originated with
blacks and has no derogatory connotations (except as used by racist
whites who would say "nigger" if they could get away with it). It
is what blacks I know call themselves. "African-american", on the
other hand, is a euphemism manufactured by liberal whites.
Nigger because they were mostly brought from Nigeria, no?
No.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/nigger
(As it happens, I do also dislike the push to try to change the terms
"blacklist" and "whitelist", for reasons more linguistic than anything
else I've managed to even half-articulate. Despite that, I find the
positions and arguments you've been expressing in this thread to be
significantly more objectionable than that push itself, and I think that
if anything you're doing the "cause" of opposing such a change
considerably more harm than good; I might sooner concede that fight than
join forces with such arguments to try to win it.)
I have been biting my tongue...
I empathically agree: "I find the positions and arguments you've been
expressing in this thread to be significantly more objectionable than
that push itself, and I think that if anything you're doing the "cause"
of opposing such a change considerably more harm than good"
in my own words... Please just drop it.
It Ain't Broke
Peter
