Exactly. It's the difference between yelling "YOU ******* ****** " at a black guy just because he's black, or yelling it at your cat because he knocked over the god damned trash can again.

******* , THANK YOU!
I've had the guns out for people who disagree with this notion, ever since I was banned from a roleplay forum for suggesting that this is the case...Damn SJW mods on that site, banning all the reasonable people, leaving the forum in the hands of the sperglords...

I've had this conversation with my mom about the word "cunt." She seems to think it's hateful and demeaning to women, no matter the intent behind it, or context around it.