Seller of ‘Re-Nig’ Bumper Sticker: The N Word Isn’t Racist!

I’ve seen this kind of weird thinking before, but it’s still a little amazing to encounter people who blithely give themselves permission to use racial slurs, and then deny there’s anything racist about it: Exclusive: Seller of Controversial Anti-Obama Sticker Says It’s Not Racist.

Paula Smith of Hinesville, Georgia has a company called Stickatude.com. And they’re selling their own version of an anti-Obama bumper sticker that reads “Don’t Re-Nig 2012.” Ms. Smith told me in a telephone conversation on Saturday afternoon that the bumper sticker has been in their inventory since June 2010, but just in the last few days it’s started selling. The price is $3. Ms. Smith insisted that the bumper sticker is not racist. I asked her about the “N” word, for which “nig” is the shortened version. “According to the dictionary [the N word] does not mean black. It means a low down, lazy, sorry, low down person. That’s what the N word means.” …

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I asked her if she thought the “N” Word was a bad word? “No,” she said, ” because I don’t use it.”

“I don’t use it?” No — she just sells racist merchandise that uses it.

Good grief. This is a mental illness.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/40084_Seller_of_Re-Nig_Bumper_Sticker-_The_N_Word_Isnt_Racist