[martyup]

If you can't tell the difference between the term "nerd" and a racial epithet for a group of people that have experience systemic genocide and oppression for hundreds of years, then I don't know what to tell you.

I wasn't attempting to equivocate the terms.  My fear is that this ruling will put us on a slippery slope that may lead a banning of such terms as "nerd".  When the government starts deciding which words society cannot use, we have lost at least a part of our First Amendment rights.  It strikes me as inconsistent that the rights of the KKK and pornographers are protected while those of a business owner are not.  For over 200 years, the First Amendment has protected free speech, even when most have found that speech offensive.  The free market has done a pretty good job of weeding out what is judged as undesirable by society.  I am not ready to hand that responsibility over to government bureaucrats.

[martyup]

If you can't tell the difference between the term "nerd" and a racial epithet for a group of people that have experience systemic genocide and oppression for hundreds of years, then I don't know what to tell you.

I wasn't attempting to equivocate the terms.  My fear is that this ruling will put us on a slippery slope that may lead a banning of such terms as "nerd".  When the government starts deciding which words society cannot use, we have lost at least a part of our First Amendment rights.  It strikes me as inconsistent that the rights of the KKK and pornographers are protected while those of a business owner are not.  For over 200 years, the First Amendment has protected free speech, even when most have found that speech offensive.  The free market has done a pretty good job of weeding out what is judged as undesirable by society.  I am not ready to hand that responsibility over to government bureaucrats.