Comments on: the chilling effect https://iwilldare.com/2003/09/the-chilling-effect/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:57:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Joots https://iwilldare.com/2003/09/the-chilling-effect/#comment-8011 Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:57:07 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=3455#comment-8011 You absolutely must use the same words as the author. Otherwise, you’re discussing another work. If the teacher is sensitive to hate there should be a way around this issue. We don’t like all the words and how they’re used, but they’re not our truths, they’re the characters. The real question should have been whether or not to include the story in the curriculum. It’s an important and necessary discussion for writers to have, and for your instructor to facilitate. I would imagine the real truth is that this woman (and it’s not like I don’t understand her concern) probably wishes she could own this word as others, so she can protect them from harm. Unfortunately, again, the words are there for the using, and we simply can’t, can’t, can’t risk losing them. The irony in this situation is that the most appropriate thing to do would be to say “faggot”, because then it’s clear it’s not your choice of words but the author’s.

]]> By: magicvixen https://iwilldare.com/2003/09/the-chilling-effect/#comment-8010 Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:36:37 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=3455#comment-8010 jodi, use all the words…and quote all the words…just dont fling malicious words at others out of hate, intolerance and ignorance. apparently, that lady just didn’t know the difference.

]]> By: UH https://iwilldare.com/2003/09/the-chilling-effect/#comment-8009 Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:13:50 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=3455#comment-8009 Faggots are so touchy.

]]> By: Tam https://iwilldare.com/2003/09/the-chilling-effect/#comment-8008 Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:58:28 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=3455#comment-8008 Reminds me of when I attempted to go back to school and get a BA in English. I was one of 6 white kids in a class of 25 and we were reading Flannery O’Connor. The only shining spot of that class was the conversation we held the entire first week of classes talking about written words, social conventions of the time, and hindsight being 20/20. We didn’t stoop to being PC even though the “N-word” was thrown around way too often.

Its a shame your class couldn’t have been full of adults.

]]> By: girl https://iwilldare.com/2003/09/the-chilling-effect/#comment-8007 Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:43:23 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=3455#comment-8007 actually, one more thing. this reminds me very much of the “n-word” being used by Huck Finn and teachers trying to ban the book rather than discussing it with their students. I think someone was recently discussing that on their blog, but for the life of me I can’t remember who it was.

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