Maggie's Farm

Yeah, I got that feeling also. Else where he says Free Speech allows for being offensive and for being offended. Using a racial slur is offensive and is intended to be offensive -- if the two parties are different races -- not so much if the two parties are of the same race and joking around. It comes down to the deliberate intention, a choice, of the speaker. On the other hand the receiver of an insult has a choice to make on how to react. Any conversation is that way. Language is a social agreement as to meaning of a sound. Language is a social interaction. That is why manners, social conventions, social mores and morals are so important. Those are important social agreements.