Quote Originally Posted by Cowher View Post
This is off topic regardless…
You take no power out of it. If I was to walk up to your group in a pub and said "hey! Look at all these micks over here!!! How ya doin? Ya bunch of Micks!!!" I would most likely be knocked out.
If I may: identity is a complex issue. Broadly, identity can be seen as assumed and imposed. An imposed identity may or may not be demeaning while an assumed identity may or may not be empowering. However, should a person choose to identify him/herself using the n-word, m-word, b-word, g-word or d-word (or any other _-word) it is most certainly dis-empowering to deny them that. So, if you think that using the m-word in a pub filled with m-people would get you into trouble, what do you think would happen if you told them all that they cannot use it?