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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning
I dont use it maliciously.
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That doesn't make a difference to the receiving end of it.
I'm Austrian, and how do you think I would like it if you non-maliciously called me a nazi? I would be hurt and pissed. National socialism has been gone for almost 70 years now, but to the people who are born in Germany or Austria (and have a conscience and sense of morality), being called a "nazi" will not be even remotely funny or alright for another couple of decades and longer, no matter non-maliciously or not. It's an inflammatory term that invokes a deep-lying, inherited sense of unredeemable guilt, or in the case of "******" (edit: the OTHER n-word), an inherited memory of oppression, shame and humiliation.
Whether you can use "******" or not doesn't depend on whether you say it maliciously or non-maliciously, but on whether the (black?) person you're addressing says it's okay and doesn't see a problem in it. And even then you should be aware that this is an exception that doesn't give you the right to call any other black person a ******.