This is no different:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controv...22*****rdly%22
The Howard incident led to a national debate in the U.S., in the context of racial sensitivity and political correctness, on whether use of *****rdly should be avoided. Some observers noted however that the "national debate" was made up almost entirely of commentators defending use of the word. As James Poniewozik wrote in Salon, the controversy was "an issue that opinion-makers right, left and center could universally agree on." He wrote that "the defenders of the dictionary" were "legion, and still queued up six abreast."[3] J
ulian Bond, then chairman of the NAACP, deplored the offense that had been taken at Howard's use of the word. "You hate to think you have to censor your language to meet other people's lack of understanding", he said. "David Howard should not have quit. Mayor Williams should bring him back — and
order dictionaries issued to all staff who need them."
Bond also said, "Seems to me the mayor has been *****rdly in his judgment on the issue" and
as a nation we have a "hair-trigger sensibility" on race that can be tripped by both real and false grievances.
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