Do insults and slurs provide a benefit to society?

[ShadowsOfParadox]

"Nigger" can also mean complainer, and was used with this definition when Sargon of Akkad called some White Nationalists "White Niggers".

from what I've heard while watching some videos of his... this is wrong. He used the word specifically to point out that they were behaving in the negative ways they believed blacks to.

 

[Deleted member 1]

To me, slurs used seriously are the grown up version of yo mama jokes. If you get mad because some said a mean word(tm), that’s your problem. And I know some words are taboo and I dont condone usage of it, but if usage of a word sends you into a rage or destroys your self image or something, there’s other problems to be looked at.

At least insults you have to be clever with for them to hurt but even then that’s a personal problem if mere words can so effortlessly destroy you.

Granted, Marines have some of the foulest conversations on earth so maybe I’m just desensitized to insults. Insults and slurs out of love for your friends is a wonderful thing

Swears between friends like that aren’t insults per say because the context removes all of the hurt for them. They’re barracks language, but they’re not appropriate for civilised society. Swearing is profoundly contextual. Marines are a good example because Afghans consider them more civilised and polite than the Army because they are disciplined enough to not say “m*ther*uc*e*” in front of Afghans, the Army apparently not so much despite their reputation here for greater cursing.