Leave the F-ing N-word in Huck Finn!!!

It is not the n-word that is objectionable. It is the institution of slavery that was objectionable. And Twain painted a portrait clearer than any other American author, of what slavery in the Old South was.

The n-word should most definitely NOT be removed!!! Replacing it with the word “slave” is MORONIC. That is not the same.

Removing the n-word would be as ANNOYING and DESTRUCTIVE as putting a BLEEP in a movie where the use of some so-called “objectionable” word is CRITICAL to the meaning of the movie.

I can not believe how much I HATE censorship! It is so ANNOYING, stupid and destructive!

So what if people find Huck Finn upsetting? It is SUPPOSED to be F-word-ING upsetting! Otherwise, Mark Twain would have called it “Fishing on the Mississippi with Uncle Jim”.

Furthermore, the use of the n-word is CRITICAL to understanding Huck’s psyche. Even tho Huck loved Jim, Huck was still so much a part of the Old South that he was compelled to express contempt for the n-word Jim. Even tho Jim was his protector and more of a father than Huck's real father.

And most importantly, Huck comes to realize the unfairness of this. That is central to the novel.

Taking the n-word out of Huck Finn is a CRIMINAL ACT!!!

Draft 1, 1/5/11.