I have black friends who use the word in two ways , one as in that ' s my nigger referring to a closegood friend or also as in that guy is a nigger referring to someone detrimentallyI have some friends who have no problem with me using the word to refer to them in an endearing way or in general speak . But I would not use the word towards someone in a detrimental way even though my friends probably wouldn ' t mind . I feel like the whole , people getting overly sensitive about the word are overcompensating for something , might have some element of truth to it . <| sep |> Elected judges , police prosecutors doesn ' t help . If you let someone out and they reoffend then you ' re toast , so the hangem , flogem brigade wins all the time .