Please tell me you ' re joking , cause that ' s messed up . <| sep |> It ' s staggering how little people actually know about free speech and how it works . <| sep |> I love your snowflake topper ! <| sep |> Yes , a particular slur that still can be replaced with the word racial slur and still get the point across . If The man on CNN Who quoted another man , chose to not say the word that came from a time of an abuse of human rights , and instead used the term a racial slur , referring to African Americans . He would have been fine , but instead , he perpetuates the offensive language that symbolizes 200 years of slavery . This is a word that has been reclaimed by the black community , and it is never okay for another person to say it .