In the context of the news story he supplied, I think
the point is
not to go, "OMG WIKIPEDIA IS NOT LIKE THAT," but instead to consider
the inherently "offensive" nature of certain words and whether the
mindset of "some words are so offensive that nobody should be allowed
to say them" has permeated our culture. Also, where does one draw the
line? "Nigger" has been rendered inoffensive in limited contexts, but
what of other racial epithets? Where and why does one draw the line?
The news story is about arbitrarily banning a word, rather than
banning using the word offensively. Wikipedia has no comparable rules,
and I see no evidence that we are going to get such rules.