"That N***** burned down my store"! LMAO!! (Video clip)

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

One of the funniest lines in SITCOM history yet in today's politically correct environment it will NEVER happen again!

Sherman Hemsley was the best and really underappreciated! It's criminal that he never won an emmy!

[Wawwie]

I don't think that word is funny in any context or no matter who says it. You're just saying it's funny because George said it and because George is black.

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

I don't think that word is funny in any context or no matter who says it. You're just saying it's funny because George said it and because George is black.

No, that's simply a hilarious clip! Richard Pryor and many other black comedians used that word back then.

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

No, that's simply a hilarious clip! Richard Pryor and many other black comedians used that word back then.

So according to you it's acceptable if a black person says it but not acceptable if a white person says it. Or maybe you think it's an acceptable word no matter who says it.

[Schmoopie]

Wow, I don't find that funny either. I only watched it out of curiosity. I'm sorry I did now. I don't think it's acceptable at all and I know back then it was considered funny.



I was listening/watching Allison Argrim from Little House on the Prairie the other day on her Facebook page. She's been reading the Little House on the Prairie Books and she came across that word and refused to read it. She wouldn't say what the word was but I'm pretty sure that was it. I hate coming across that word in books as well, like the pre-quel to "To Kill a Mokcingbird. It's in there a lot.

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

Wow, I don't find that funny either. I only watched it out of curiosity. I'm sorry I did now. I don't think it's acceptable at all and I know back then it was considered funny.



I was listening/watching Allison Argrim from Little House on the Prairie the other day on her Facebook page. She's been reading the Little House on the Prairie Books and she came across that word and refused to read it. She wouldn't say what the word was but I'm pretty sure that was it. I hate coming across that word in books as well, like the pre-quel to "To Kill a Mokcingbird. It's in there a lot.

Yeah, I cringe when watching civil rights movies that are supposed to take place in the South in the early 60's, they use that word a lot ! I know they have to to make it more authentic but it must be hard on the white actors (who are playing the racist rednecks )having to say it, you know they really don't want to but it's in the script , and the black actors who are being called that in the movie, that must be really hard !!

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

So according to you it's acceptable if a black person says it but not acceptable if a white person says it. Or maybe you think it's an acceptable word no matter who says it.

It's funnier if you see it in the context of the entire episode. One of George's stores burns down to the GROUND and they initially think Lionel's faulty wiring was the cause. When Lionel slams the door and storms out in the video clip he's mad at his dad because he doesn't believe he's innocent! The writers put that line in because they knew it was funny and would get laughs!

I know you're a liberal so I'll tell you what fellow liberal Chris Rock said. He said it's OK for blacks to use that word with their own people as we see with George & Lionel.

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

It's funnier if you see it in the context of the entire episode. The writers put that line in because they knew it was funny and would get laughs!

I know you're a liberal so I'll tell you what fellow liberal Chris Rock said. He said it's OK for blacks to use that word with their own people as we see with George & Lionel.

Sorry, my bad, I didn't realize that Chris Rock is the spokesman for all black people.

FYI, that word is never "funny" or acceptable in any context or said by anyone.

Originally Posted by Merriam-Webster

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nig·​ger | \ ˈni-gər \
Definition of ******
1offensive; see usage paragraph below —used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a black person
2offensive; see usage paragraph below —used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a member of any dark-skinned race
3now often offensive; see usage paragraph below : a member of a class or group of people who are systematically subjected to discrimination and unfair treatment
it's time for somebody to lead all of America's ******s … all the people who feel left out of the political process
— Ron Dellums

^^^^^ NOT FUNNY

[GentlemanJim]

Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

One of the funniest lines in SITCOM history yet in today's politically correct environment it will NEVER happen again!

I personally am grateful that society as a whole has evolved since those days.

For all too long we had a dual standard in this country that prescribed that racial bias by a minority was permissable, while racial bias from a white was not.
Clearly if something is wrong then it is ALWAYS wrong, and any claims that (example) "400 years of prior suffering" somehow excuses their biased behavior, is dreadfully misguided.

You can't have it both ways.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

One of the funniest lines in SITCOM history yet in today's politically correct environment it will NEVER happen again!

Sherman Hemsley was the best and really underappreciated! It's criminal that he never won an emmy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0bIqHpn8s

Last time it was ever used

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

So according to you it's acceptable if a black person says it but not acceptable if a white person says it. Or maybe you think it's an acceptable word no matter who says it.

Kind falls into that same category of a woman ok with a woman using the term B*tch but not a man. When a man uses it the word comes off a little differently because its normally used to insult a woman. So thats the case with the N word. When white people use it the word will never sound the same because in the past it was used to hurt blacks and be mean

So I get confused too when I hear two women talking and hear the B word in a joking way over and over as they refer to each other and said to myself.."damm when I used that word I get chewed out" So that's why white people get confused because they think the word is no big deal since blacks use it all the time but when someone white uses it not the same


Same way with friends insulting each other but if an outsider tries to do the same the first reaction is.........."Hold up? what did you say?



So that's why whites shouldnt use it because of how it was used by whites in the past

[TVFactFan]

This clip is accurate because black parents who call their kids that word when they are mad at them about something. My mom has only used that word toward me when I made her upset

But on a regular day she just calls me by name

[TVFactFan]

Even the one time Louise uses the N word it was because she was upset at george for spending so much money on a watch. Now that I think about it everytime the word was used on the show it was behind anger and I agree that it's no need to have had the word used in the first place

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Even the one time Louise uses the N word it was because she was upset at george for spending so much money on a watch. Now that I think about it everytime the word was used on the show it was behind anger and I agree that it's no need to have had the word used in the first place

You're absolutely right. They were using that N word in anger and to be insulting.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

You're absolutely right. They were using that N word in anger and to be insulting.

Which means its a unpleasant word and no need to put it in the script. The word has no pleasantness attached to it at all. Even when my friends used it on me it was because they were setting me up for a insult