I Used a Slur for Accuracy When Repeating a Joke. Why Is Everyone Upset?
Briefly

My son is a comedian.When his comedian friends come to my town for gigs, I put them up.Recently, I hosted a Black friend of his I am white and we talked about a famous Black comic.I paraphrased one of the comic's jokes that impressed me: A TV censor allowed the comic to use the N-word but objected to his use of a gay slur.
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