Re:Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only
by jtheory on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:03PM
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It could be ironic that I was critiquing readers with poor reading comprehension (who were missing that that comment was not equating the two terms), and in response you seem to have confused me for the person who wrote that comment.
I'm not.
Re:Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only
by vectorpush on Sunday January 26, 2014 @06:11PM
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Apologies, you are not the author of the comment, the reading comprehension chide is deserved.
I read your comment and understand that you're not saying the two terms are equal, rather, you're trying to demonstrate that it is not unusual for someone outside of the persecuted group to be offended by words intended to offend members of the persecuted group. Yet, were I the type to take offense, I might find it quite offensive that you used what is widely considered the most offensive word in the English language to make a hyperbolic and inapt analogy.
The word 'nigger' is a pejorative racial slur intended to wound when it is used, whereas the word 'bro' is commonly associated with friendship and brotherhood. And douchebag frat guys.