Prometheus 6

Just because ol' Dan is a featured post on Memeorandum.

Dan / Riehl World View:
Michael Richards And The "N" Word

I'm not excusing what Richards did. But it seems to me the same people who have denounced Richards the loudest, also defend the tolerance shown to members of the Black community, particularly rappers, who use the epithet all the time. We're told it's simply a form of address.

You have never been told it's simply a form of address. You have ALWAYS been told it can be used between friends as a term of endearment...and the likes 'o you always leaves that out because it would clarifiy everything at a single stroke.

Context. If you ain't my friend, expect an ass-kicking if you call me nigger. You might get one if you're my friend...you definitely get one if you aren't.

I disagree and I think the usage is mostly used to encourage the worst in individuals.

...that would be your reaction to the word, yes?

Certainly nothing about the usage of the word in the second part of the video above is endearing.

The civil rights crowd needs to stop embracing a double standard and level the playing field if it wants to make a case against certain words in the language.

It's not the word (obviously...see the above). It's the attitude. Like homonyms. Look all the definitions for the word "run."

Related phrases: run out run-off short run long run home run run down run off run-up run of site run-length encoding

Definitions of run on the Web:

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

scat: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"

operate: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."

move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

function: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

range: change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull"

campaign: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

play: cause to emit recorded sounds; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?"

move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"

tend: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"

be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"

change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"

cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"

be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk"

prevail: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"

carry: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"

carry out; "run an errand"

guide: guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"

make without a miss

deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"

a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"

test: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"

be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"

footrace: a race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run"

sail before the wind

cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day"

streak: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running"

extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours"

set animals loose to graze

a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"

keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"

the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"

the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"

run with the ball; in such sports as football

unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"

travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"

ply: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"

the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"

hunt: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

rivulet: a small stream

race: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

political campaign: a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"

move: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"

melt: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

discharge: the pouring forth of a fluid

an unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories"

ladder: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"

a short trip; "take a run into town"

become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

If you can get that 'run' is a baseball score in one circumstance and a row of unravelled stitches in another, surely you can handle the word 'nigger' meaning different things in different circumstances. Can't you?

It's not a double standard; there is no standard behind the assignment of meaning to words, unless NewSpeak is your native tongue.

Oh. Nevermind, carry on...

The case deserves to be made on principle, not appearance. The appearance doesn't add up to me.

The case doesn't have to be made at all. There's only the question: do you choose to be offensive and hateful "on principle, not appearance."