Stephen A Smith Is In Hot Water

I think this is the funniest thing i have read/ heard in a very long time. I am not talking about the use of the N-Word, i actually find that word offensive. But where does this come from? Why is it okay for some people to say it? I understand the history of the word better than most and i am in no way condoning the use of the word, but just keep reading. I feel words are only offensive if we make them offensive. I am sure everyone reading this has said the term "retarded" or said "that's gay" at some point in life. But did you mean it to belittle an entire type of person? Hopefully not it was just said in passing. That brings me to my point that words are only hurtful if we let them hurt us. Stephen A Smith said the N-Word but he didn't do it to belittle anyone he said it almost as if saying "c'mon please" I think in today's society we are focusing so much on not offending any particular person that we end up crippling our society. We need to teach people to have thicker skin in a sense and again i want to reiterate i am not saying what he did is okay and using these words are okay i feel they are all offensive, but they are offensive becuase people make them out to be offensive. I can call someone something but mean it to be hurtful and no matter what i say its the tone in which i say it. We have become to "soft" as a country and worry to much about using the right vinacular.The truth there is always going to be words that offend certain groups and the more you try to please everyone the more you're going to alienate others. Us censoring these words gives them more impact. In light of Stephen A Smith's position on TV he shouldn't use that language at all but after reading some of these articles about it, gets me upset because what was a slip of the tongue from a great journalist mght cost him his job. Is that right? Absolutely not. Should he apologize yes he should and everyone should move on. He's not a racist or in anyway deemed he uses this word often. He was debating and got caught up in the moment, i can't believe that a society that is in love with reality TV is going to give this man grief for showing how real these arguments are. I love Stephen A Smith and think he is very insightful and when Jalen Rose was laying into Skip Bayless it was Stephen A Smith who came to his defense. People will look for any reason to start controversy and i think it is down right rotten for someone to think this way toward the cast of First Take. I will continue to watch the show and will continue to support both Stephen A Smith and Skip Bayless who to me are gentlemen and scholars.