1. Hom is leaning towards and exploring an interpretation of these slurs that he calls the semantic strategy. This says that part of the actual meaning/definition of these slurs is the offense they cause. He believes that this is very context dependent however, and so the meanings of these words is to some degree determined by external forces.
2. Liz Camp is addressing the idea that it is difficult to disagree with a sentence that contains a slur without endorsing it yourself, because they remain offensive somewhat regardless of how they are used (they remain forceful in "complex constructions") She addresses what she calls the "other component" of slurs, which is separate from the predicated words, and its ability to force agreement in speakers in situations that other words (even other taboo words) don't seem to.
3. I find the first more compelling, mostly because I like the idea of the use of definitions of words being generated outside the speaker's head (which to me seems like an interesting but strong argument for the way slurs are often used) and because I agree that it seems that these slurs depend heavily on context to draw their meaning.
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