I love it when Rush agrees with me. ('cause I did say if first)
Arguably the greatest authority on what is the cutting edge of societal evolution, Rush Limbaugh, used the "word"
nigga on his show today and agrees with me that this is now a permissible part of our pop culture vernacular.
New theme song for Dr. Pepper:
"I'm a nigga, you're a nigga...wouldn't you like to be a nigga, too?"
RUSH: This was between nine and ten p.m. last night on CNN, who are in a quest to become the, again, most respected news organization in the country, perhaps even the world. So “nigga” with an A on the end… (interruption) Well, I think I can now. Isn’t that the point? ‘Cause it’s not racist. That’s the point. I could be talking about “a male.” I could be talking about a Chinese male, a guy at the Laundromat. You could be talking about a man.
That’s what she said it means. (interruption) Hey, new school! New school. (interruption) She IS the authority! This is the point, Snerdley: She is the authority. She was on CNN last night. She was presented as the authority, and the CNN commentators all day today have been wondering why this brilliant woman didn’t show up and say these things on the stand.
(Note to self: We are going to have to slightly modify the forum rules regarding the dreaded "n" word to reflect this new reality.)
But hey, even though I recognized this for what it was hours before Rush, the real innovator here is
IDP. So praise and recognition where it is very obviously due.