Common in North London where I grew up, and certainly known in Exeter where I am now. I may be over extrapolating but I didn't bring it down west with me.
Well, lets not be unfair here. They obviously cannot ban everything directly and have to start somewhere. We have to judge them after they had more time and got more reports. Only then can we tell how strict or consequent they are.
One might've thought the least offensive usage of the term /r/WatchNiggersDie would be in announcing that it, along with sibling subs, had finally been banned.
On the flip side I can see someone getting really upset that something like this exists in the first place and the journalist having the forethought of not wanting that to happen.
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