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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 608715, member: 405"]
Yes, that's the point. Well stated. It's an attack on a player's toughness, commitment, etc.
 
It's a shame that these stereotypes exist, and I do understand that it's just not acceptable to use these phrases that are part of people's vernacular.
 
But as Louis C.K. said in that comedy special (Chewed Up, for those who want to look it up and watch), this was a word that had a specific meaning that had nothing to do with what people are getting upset about, but we can't use it anymore. It is better to retire those words from our daily vocabulary. But they still exist out there.
 
For instance, I still hear people say "I jewed him down" when they want to talk about haggling for a price. I'm Jewish, so I wince when I hear that from friends sometimes, but I don't lose my shite about it. And I do actually have gay friends, and yes, most of them would probably be upset about Rice's behavior.
 
But some of my gay friends throw around the word "faggot" in the same way the black people call each other "my nigga". They take over control of the word and try to diminish it. They own the right to say those words and have taken them away from others, for their own self-respect and their own empowerment.
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