In this very thread (I think it was) you defended your right to call posters on this board honkey, so I have to think you think some racist speech is acceptable.
you could argue that's prejudiced but not racist
the argument being
racism = prejudice + power
Thank you. I knew exactly where this was going to lead, and I've been waiting for it.
By the way I don't ever believe I've defended my right to call anyone a honkey, cracker, or peckerwood. It doesn't need to be defended any more than calling someone an idiot or a dumb ass, or a fat headed freak.
7, I don't actually hope that you don't think calling someone a cracker does or should carry the same weight as calling someone an actual racial slur. You know those that only mean one thing, those that are abhorrent in every context. The argument you seem to be making is akin to calling nude statues pornography. I'm trying to be patient here, but you couldn't have a more privileged viewpoint on this if you tried. You keep trying to divorce the violent history of racism in this country from this conversation. It's important to establishing why using this language shouldn't be legally tolerated.
The ability to use the word honkey has never and will never be used to rally people to commit acts of violence against others like words like n-word, spic, kike, chink, etc.