The dreaded “N” word is pretty much banned from public discourse in the USA. You can say s*** and f*** the rest of George Carlin’s 7 dirty words with impunity in many social settings (even if you’re the Vice President—it’s no BFD), but not that other one. I think the reason for the distinction is that the usual dirty words are only obscene by convention, while the “N” word is an expression of hatred for a person or a class. The distinction is one of intent.
I went over to Birther Report yesterday for some misguided reason, and I found commenters laying into the President with all sorts of hateful comments, accusing him of hateful things, and denigrating him in every way imaginable (and ways I couldn’t imagine). This is hate speech and it serves the same purpose, exists in the same context, and is operationally the same as calling the President a “nigger” only without the obvious racist association. Hate speech is hate speech, and the particular words used really don’t matter—it’s the same thing.
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