Thats actually not true, you can't just say "anything". If you were to call me the n word right now, your post would be deleted and warnings issued.
Sad to hear that.
If anything, it represents the extent to which that kind of bogus thinking has taken hold in this great nation.
I have always seen it as pandering by the Left to the group whose voting block in necessary for them to keep power.
Sad? Why? You think you should be able to call a black guy a n*gger? Seriously? You can use n*gger, you just cannot use it as direct insult to an individual. Given the historic context of that particular word, why is it such a problem to not use it? Can you not be creative enough to think of a more appropriate insult? I can.
Only very, very, very stupid people want to call anyone a n*gger.
You can call a Jew **** though! JB gets away with it often!