Discussion on Friday

The discussion on Friday was about if offensive words can be used by a certain group of people or they should not be used in at all. We discussed that if a group of people gets offended by a certain word, they shouldn't use it themselves and say things such as "I can use this word because I am ____." However, if you don't approve of other people using the word, I believe neither should you. In our class, we discussed that if you are gay you can use the word, however, you can not use the "N" word. I don't agree with this, because if you believe that you can use a word because you use it to "define" yourself but don't allow other people to use it in the same manner, then I believe neither no one else should either. Especially if there are other derogatory words that offend you and you don't use than you shouldn't use any of them.