It is. If someone says “the n-word” and someone else says “n-,” then both of those people are both saying the exact same thing, one of them is just too weak to actually say what he means and has to resort to childish substitutions that four year-olds use to refer to dirty words. I’m tired of Americans bullshitting themselves into thinking they’re better than they actually are. You should check out George Carlin’s bit on euphemisms if you want to see something hilarious and insightful on the way Americans like to put forth minimal to downplay language rather than actually deal with the issue. You know what I think is damaging? Racist motherfuckers that don’t value certain races as much as their own. These fuckers are in our government, they’re in our law enforcement, and they’re everywhere. You know what I don’t care about? People that don’t substitute the word n- with “the n-word” because they can’t comprehend context.
Quite…one of the many reasons George Carlin remains one of my favorite straight-shooters as well…!