That word ain't THAT offensive to anybody. They just use it.

Example: A negro calls anybody, that ain't black, a honky, peckerwood, spic, coonass, yankee, sister-screwing pedophile and they respond "At least I'm not a [bleep]*r.", which one feels that they have a right to be angry?

The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.