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You minimize the real offence of racism, which causes serious harm to both the groups insulted and to society at large, by comparing it to the use of profanity, which may be vulgar but is nothing more than that.


I wasn't 'equating' them, btw. I wasn't offering any value judgements at all. Merely asking questions about language and its ability to offend, as well as what steps (if any) should be taken to control that. But, anyway, I think you'd have a hard time convincing some women that the word 'cunt' "may be vulgar, but is nothing more than that". I'm not one of them, mind you, but you see my point, I hope?