N-Word Privileges/Quotes
"Apparently some people were offended when I kind of called the new Pope a motherfucker yesterday! I am sorry I offended a few of you, but you have to understand that while I respect other people and their faith, but I'm not going be reverent towards an institution which I disagree with on a fundamental level. Also, I was Raised Catholic so I'm allowed to poke fun if I want to."
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Jazz: "Naught's a naught, figger's a figger. —Regina
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"Yeah, and that's another thing! I resent you people using [queer]! That's our word for making fun of you! We need it!"
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Matthew: What are you going to do, send me to Military School? Would West Point take a cripple? |
Kevin Eubanks:So I got sold again. |
"I'm Dr. Robotnik! I say what I want! I say penis,[1] I say pussy,[2] I say butt,[3] I say crud and sludge, I say ni--{{[[[This Trope Is Bleep]] beep}}]![4]"
—Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Robotnik Says the N-Word
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Granddad: Y'all need to start appreciating your granddaddy. I went and spent your inheritance on this beautiful house in this neighborhood and all I ask you to do is act like you got some class! |
"How about this new thing on the "N" word? Everybody's now against the "N" word. A good idea, though, right?"
—Larry King, December 1, 2006
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You see Toofer, the African-American community has adopted that word for everyday use, in an attempt to rob it of it's meaning.
—Jack, Thirty Rock
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Mr Garrison:...and so you see, because I'm gay, I'm free to say the word "fag". —South Park discussing a variant.
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And it's important that we all respect that if these people should happen to choose to reclaim the word as their own it doesn't mean the rest of you have a right to its use.
—Tim Minchin, "Prejudice" (talking about the word ginger)
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