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Originally posted by JClarkSTAN
Using the N Word and calling someone old are not comparable. lol
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Not hiring someone because they are black and Not hiring someone because they are old fall under the exact same category of discrimination.
I also believe I explained the difference here to you? right?
Contextualization and intentionality are everything (rather than the words themselves). This is NOT AN OPINION, this is a scientific fact.
Sociolinguistics,
Linguistics is a science, you know that, right?
Any word in a language that is in current use (unlike Latin) is malleable. Language is constantly evolving, changing. The meaning of words change over time. It also changes from context to context.
Actually come to think of it, you're right. They arn't comparable. Wendy calling Madonna old is much worse.
Contextualization and intentionality are everything