The twisted reality is humanity has a nasty, NASTY, habit of trying to make offensive and unpopular words…”hip,” “cool,” and, “trendy”; words such as nerd, geek, dweeb, n****r, b***h, h*e, s**t, etc.
This sets my mind off to ponder.
Does a black person who survived through the 60’s and earlier feel “good” hearing black people use n****r, a word that was slung at them in hatred so many decades ago?
Does a woman who’s been in a verbally abusive relationship like being called b***h by her best friends?
Does a person who had a friend commit suicide because he was bullied and called a nerd or geek feel the “love” when people attempt to use that word as a catchy “positive” trend?
It really boils down to a battle of attrition of words. In other words, we get so tired of saying “that word is bad and we should not be using it” that we just say “oh, what freakin’ ever, they are going to use the word anyway.” Then we turn right around and wonder why our kids turn out as foul mouthed, disrespectful little demons? It’s because we took up the mantle of ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’.
Choose and use your words wisely, because what you say DOES matter. And, words don’t change that much from their original meanings. If that was not true and words do change in meaning, then why get angry at Mel Gibson and Dr. Laura for using n****r….but NOT 50 Cent, Tu Pac, P-Diddy, Mary J. Blige, et al?
The n-word or any other such offensive words mean what they mean and no amount of trying to make it “hip” will change that.
So, should your child (or you, yourself) come home one day with a fat lip because he/she called someone a nerd, geek, dweeb, n****r, b***h, h*e, s**t, you can just explain to them that the person who delivered the conversation stopping clinched high-five to their face, just didn’t understand that words change their meanings.
“Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech.” ~ Proverbs 4:24
“All who fear the Lord will hate evil.Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,corruption and perverse speech.” ~Proverbs 8:13
“Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.
But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.
People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right! Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water? Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.” ~James 3:2-12
In Christ, For Christ,
CommissionerG 
