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You use it to refer to things you can normally dominate that temporarily inconvenience you; that's not the defense you want it to be. Even if that connection doesn't exist in your own mind (and I believe you that it doesn't) it normalizes that usage and contributed to systemic misogyny.
Additionally, I shouldn't have to point out that a group using a slur that normally targets them isn't evidence it's not a slur; I bet you wouldn't use the n-word even though the same metric applies.
your first point is a pretty good one, ill give this a deeper thought and see what conclusion i make on whether to keep using the word or not.
the second point is not as great, i dont ever see a black person calling anyone the hard r. i feel like the "friendly" n word is a different word entirely, even if it has the same origin. but that doesnt matter, ill focus on ur first one and will think about it further