Most offensive language aims at singling out a group of people to gain the upper hand. In the case of the “R” word, it classifies a group of people under one overarching umbrella and eliminates the person’s individuality. “‘The word r*****is considered hate speech because it offends people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as the people that care for and support them.
Some people do not realize or understand that speech is also a thought pattern. If a person is saying something offensive, they have grown up either thinking those things, or have been influenced in some way. This build-up of hateful emotion often bubbles to the top and leads to the violence that is so often politicized in the media. Speech is just a way of expressing thoughts, and actions are a way of expressing speech and thoughts. Just because speech may be free and just because it may offend one party and not the other, doesn’t mean anything should be said whenever.
Even if it does not offend you personally, that does not mean it will not offend someone else. You could be at a solemn event and someone comes up to the hosts and screams provocative speech at them. Would that be acceptable even if they do have freedom of speech? You cannot think solely of yourself when saying whatever you want. There always needs to be an underlying sense of morality and composure when speaking otherwise the words that come out can affect any of the parties involved.
There will always be consequences to your words whether those be on the governmental level or on the familial level; so watch your language.