Originally Posted by shants

it's a ****ing joke, seriously. if anyone here thinks that i genuinely have any disrespect toward asians or people with down syndrome -- or any other minority group -- let me know. i am often crass, but i am simply not of the mind to think that epithets and the like can be taken seriously at all. they are absurd. maybe as a total cracker or whatever, i am not in the same position to be offended as many others, but i take it to be the case that people realize that i'm being facetious 90% of the time. that's a bad assumption, it seems. perhaps the internet makes it difficult to convey sarcasm, tone, and nuance. in any case, sticks and stones. maybe people simply don't know me well enough.

if you are of the type to flip out whenever you hear such words, independent of context and intent, then i cannot assuage your objection to my use of such language. people who cannot take such things lightly, when properly contextualized, need to find something more important to worry about. certainly, racist language contributes to to the perpetuation of racism, but only when it is properly contextualized.

also, as far as racial slurs go, "mongoloid" is pretty antiquated and, because of that and its ridiculous origins (that is, in terms of being used to refer to people with downs), seems especially outrageous and virtually impossible to take seriously. i've actually never heard it used as a serious slur. ****ing devo, for crying out loud, uses it.

anyhow, i've spent enough time justifying myself. i hope that most of you, while you may think that i am an *******, don't think that i am a racist.