Originally Posted by
angrysoba
I am pretty sure there are all kinds of rules in most workplaces about what constitutes acceptable language and what doesn't. The writer should realize that just because he is okay with the word, it doesn't mean everyone else has to be.
Err Mosely is black, and he used the word to describe himself - he has the absolute right to use a pejorative to describe himself if he so chooses and no-one else has any right to be offended by that.
We've had this discussion before. I am 100% deaf in one ear. I hate the use of PC descriptions such as
"hard of hearing" or
"aurally disadvantaged". When people use such terms in reference to me, they usually get a ******* earful (if I hear them).