No (...abnormal?? Seriously, Atlas?)
It's not just an abnormal opinion on Atlas. Most people don't understand the no-nuance-allowed attitude that Americans have to this and other slurs. I bet that if you ask a representative sample of the United States if it's okay to say the n-word in a non-insulting context like quoting a song, the vast majority will tell you it's not immoral. The idea that it is immoral to utter a word regardless of context is actually pretty hilarious and even a bit disturbing when you think about it.
Nuance is lost on people, I agree. While in general the idea that a word can always be offensive no matter what seems ridiculous, in the particular case of the "n-word" the historical context is so horrendous that it's never acceptable for a white person to use it, with the exception of telling a child who's never heard it what it means and why it can't ever be said.
I did have a middle school English teacher tell us we should say the word when reading quotes from a book we were reading that took place in the Jim Crow era. I'm wouldn't be comfortable saying that today even in that context, but I think there should at least be nuance for things like that.
Now, I personally would not say any curse word, even when quoting something or singing a song. Not even something like the f-word, let alone the n-word.
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