I was watching a rerun of American History X on Spike TV today.

There was a flashback scene at his family dinner table when Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) was talking about a black teacher who was discussing civil rights and reparations in class.

In response, Derek’s racist father said it was just, “More nigger bull shit.”

Well that’s what he intended to say. Being this was on television, the censors were not about to let such offensive language get through. So they excised the offensive word and dubbed in a nicer, softer replacement.

Instead of saying “more nigger bull shit,” what we heard was, “more nigger bull crap”

Yep, that’s right. They left in the word “nigger,” And took out the word, “shit.” Because, you know, a normal and necessary bodily function is just sooooo much more offensive than the word that conjures the systematic murder, rape and enslavement of an entire race.

Shit is the offensive word?

What is wrong with this country?

Look, I know why they left the N-word in. It’s because the movie was about white supremacists and that’s how they speak. But really, the FCC must know that shit isn’t in nigger’s ballpark when it comes to being offensive. So what’s the point of banning either of them?

It’s all so arbitrary and absurd.