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Brucifer · 06-22-2015, 10:07 AM

I'm just waiting for the 10 hour loop of Obama using it over and over again on YouTube.

elan · 06-22-2015, 10:21 AM

I wish the president hadn't said it. I don't think it's very presidential. I'm sure he could care less about my opinion, so no sense in fretting about it.

steveklein · 06-22-2015, 10:47 AM

I'm not a big Obama supporter by any stretch, but in the context it was used... I really have no problem with how he used it.

Annuvin · 06-22-2015, 10:58 AM

Nothing like hearing the alleged "Leader of the Free World" is dropping n-bombs on talk radio.

Stay classy, Obama.

NoleFanHSV · 06-22-2015, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by louie0406

Blacks use that word so often that they make it seem as if its an acceptable word to use.

Only if....well, never mind....

Rakin · 06-22-2015, 11:09 AM

Obama seems to take great joy in stirring the racial pot.

The N word seems to be used by Blacks way more than whites. What's up with that if it's so offensive?

dsarha · 06-22-2015, 11:11 AM

I'm just curious not trying to attack you , but is there any context in which anyone would be OK with using that N word? It just seems to me, that its offensive and demeaning in any conversation I can think of and is intended to evoke negative and demeaning feelings of little to no worth. It serves no purpose and simply continues that cycle of superiority and hatred>

phlinak · 06-22-2015, 11:22 AM

Context and/or intent, people.

It's always about context and/or intent.

For the record, President Obama's point, when he used the N-word, was spot on.

It's much deeper than someone just not using that word in public.

It's about how we deal with race or fail to deal with race, when it is necessary, and sometimes it really is.

WaldoKitty · 06-22-2015, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by LiaLia

Barack Obama says the N-word to Marc Maron's podcast - CNNPolitics.com

My guess. It's not the first time.

Travelassie · 06-22-2015, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by LiaLia

Barack Obama says the N-word to Marc Maron's podcast - CNNPolitics.com

But its ok for him to use the word, or say whatever he likes, for that matter, because after all he is still the Rock Star Idol occupying the white house.

His fans and followers will still fawn all over him anyway.