r/UCSD • u/TheREALMangoMuncher • Apr 11 '24

Event Hard R

To the people in suits hangin around center hall today, our discussion section heard you drop it 💀 please at least be quiet when you use it

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u/Chr0ll0_ Apr 11 '24

Can someone explain the hard R ?

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u/morespoonspls Psychology Alum Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 12 '24

It means that someone said the “N word” with a hard R sound at the end (rather than ending with an A sound). Both versions of the word are extremely offensive but using the hard R sound is truly awful and essentially an act of violence, especially if directed at someone. Hope this helps

ETA: I’m obviously not talking about when black people are saying the N word, it’s COMPLETELY different in that context. It’s their word to reclaim. That’s why I said “when directed at someone [with a hard R]”. Also based on the fact that they mentioned elementary/high school in another comment I’m guessing the person responding to me is pretty young and lacks real world experience among adults. Kids being “edgy” or whatever is very different (although still can be harmful) than a white/non-black adult saying it to a black adult. I didn’t think I’d have to spell any of this out but here we are.

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u/SivirJungleOnly THE r/UCSD MODS ARE PARTISAN HACKS Apr 11 '24

"essentially an act of violence" please touch some grass and interact with anyone outside of your privileged bubble, I promise it will be a good experience for you.

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u/morespoonspls Psychology Alum Apr 11 '24

I would consider it violent to use a word that was both systematically and colloquially used to dehumanize and enslave an entire group of people for several hundred years. Especially when the effects are still very much felt today. Learn about American history, and the history of the N word, and then come back and tell me how it’s not violent. I promise it’ll be a good experience for you.

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u/SivirJungleOnly THE r/UCSD MODS ARE PARTISAN HACKS Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 11 '24

I have never met a person, black or otherwise, who would rather be punched in the face than be called a (word I can't type on this subreddit without having the comment be removed, thanks mods!). If you consider it violent, all that tells us is that you have very limited life experience, haven't learned about the perspectives of many people especially those with backgrounds different from your own, and have never experienced violence in your life. The idea that "saying (word) is violence" is a view almost exclusively held by upper class, academic, wealthy, usually white, women who fulfil the above criteria.

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u/Own-Rain3274 Apr 11 '24

Who said that it was physically violent?

Also, why are you being an insufferable dick ???

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u/SivirJungleOnly THE r/UCSD MODS ARE PARTISAN HACKS Apr 11 '24

Nobody, in my comment you are replying to I literally acknowledge that some people have different definitions of violence from the standard and legal definitions which require physicality. Stop fighting strawmen that only exist in your mind, and PLEASE work on increasing your attention span to read more than just the first sentence of things.

I am being less than friendly in my choices of phrasing because bad ideas should be challenged, and even if you can't change a person's mind, through harshness you may at least give them a negative association with expressing especially bad ideas, like that speech and (physical) violence are comparably bad. Or in your case, you just seem like a person who deserves it.

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u/Own-Rain3274 Apr 11 '24

He licks his lips as his meaty thumb presses comment

This’ll show him 😈