What makes a bad word bad?

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2-01-2012 @ 3:38PM

Nagaina said...

I cannot up vote this enough and I'm continually astonished by how many people *fail to get your very salient point here* -- namely, the offensive thing is being attacked for *who you are* by someone that thinks *who you are is BAD AND WRONG enough for it to be used as an insult.*

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