[noire]

im not gonna lie I stopped reading after the second page.

I don't think it's a difficult situation or a tightrope we need to walk here. I mean, end of the day, there's nuance in just about everything but I think TDawg summed it up well enough on the first page: If a word, hell you could use "Rutabaga," if that word is used to derogatorily attack someone for something they cannot change, then it should be punished accordingly --- as with any derogatory/flaming language!

However, I have never in my life seen anyone fight so tooth and nail about people saying cracker. As a white dude, I know damn well no one is using the word cracker to hurt me or my feelings. Even if it did get to the point where I felt as though "cracker" was being used specifically to attack my person through my race, I'd probably shrug it off and wouldn't give a damn cause it doesn't mean anything to me. (unlike other words used to attack people through their race.)

If you want to compare cracker with other slurs, sure, you can because at the end of the day they're all slurs, sure, but, you're kinda dumb for dying on this hill. Especially cause if you fight that damn hard you're just gonna be that cracker that complained and their feelings got hurt.