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Originally posted by perth

On the other hand. Bizarrely enough, I do have a problem with racial slurs and I intend to make sure he never uses them, at least not in the derogatory fashion. So am I sending a mixed message?
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I don't find it bizarre at all to have beliefs against racial slurs, but not words like shit and fuck. Racial slurs are designed to degrade and insult another person, unfairly. Cuss words aren't necessarily for that, on their own. To say "FUCK!" after hitting your finger with a hammer, is different from calling someone a "fucker." But I think you and I can agree that calling people names is not acceptable at all for our son. So, while you don't really care if he says a word to express his emotions, you are morally opposed to him using any word to degrade or hurt another person. Does that sound right?