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by jfengel 104 days ago
A racist knows that the slurs are offensive. He knows that people will be hurt by it.

He may also use the term even when he doesn't intend to harm people -- just as you might casually use otherwise-offensive words for excretion or copulation. But you don't use them in polite company because you know that they bother people.