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> Frank F. Matthews wrote:
>
>> Now things are really getting ridiculous. Are you allowed to use the
>> special words if you are closely related to a member. Perhaps a
>> spouse or in-law. How about a second cousin or maybe a person who has
>> lived there for a few decades or so,
>>
>> If the damned term is offensive then it's offensive whoever uses it.
>> If folks use it among themselves then it isn't offensive if someone
>> outside the magic circle uses it.
>>
> I've witnessed an argument between blacks in which they were calling
> each other "nigger". But I don't think a caucasian could get away with
> calling either one of them "nigger". In like fashion, the sports teams
> of the Red Mesa, AZ High School (on the Navajo rez) are the "Redskins".
> But the Washington "Redskins" are under attack. It's all related to
> "ownership" of the word, I'm told.
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Then those folks can all piss off and be ignored. Words are not owned.
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