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In reply to the discussion: Do you think the term flyover country is offensive? [View all]Orrex
(63,247 posts)63. No shit they're not equivalent, and you're misrepresenting the other person's logic
The logic is that the term "flyover states" has been around for 40+ years and has never had anything like the connotation of the n-word.
It seems obvious that you are desperate to be pissed off, while I am pointing out a fallacy...
No, that's not it. You are equivocating (a fallacy) by treating the terms as if they were connotatively equivalent ("Derogatory phrases are derogatory phrases," as you note).
Have a nice day, maybe try switching to decaf, they have many blends that taste just as good as the real thing.
Well, that's even dumber than your original comparison. Good luck weeping about the wrongs you've suffered as a beleaguered resident of the flyover states.Edit history
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While the term may not have been derogatory back in 1976, it has certainly become so in 41 years.
LonePirate
Oct 2017
#17
The term applies to all residents of those areas, not just his voters and it applies to you as well.
LonePirate
Oct 2017
#32
Gee, the "N" word goes back to the 16th century, so I guess people should just get over it, huh?
Thor_MN
Oct 2017
#25
Equivalent, no. But in your tortured logic, it should be less offensive than "Flyover Country"
Thor_MN
Oct 2017
#38
That's an offensive comparison, and you're clearly desperate to be pissed off about nothing
Orrex
Oct 2017
#53
That was indeed an extreme and bad comparison, although other comparisons are apt.
LonePirate
Oct 2017
#56
No shit they're not equivalent, and you're misrepresenting the other person's logic
Orrex
Oct 2017
#63
Try reading my follow up post to the person that proposed that time makes everything better.
Thor_MN
Oct 2017
#61
No, I am try not to escalate your obviously lack of experience with the English language.
Thor_MN
Oct 2017
#72
Funny, I have that very picture on my office wall and now I'm looking at them together.
LisaM
Oct 2017
#30
How about the 'heartland'. It's not used in a negative way the way descriptions of the coasts are
JI7
Oct 2017
#12
I see places in Florida and the Atlanta area on the first. On the second there are none in
doc03
Oct 2017
#27
Though I would not want to live in the Villages, my sister--a retired teacher--
Cuthbert Allgood
Oct 2017
#36
My old high school Geometry teacher lives there, he is a die hard Republican. Just
doc03
Oct 2017
#37
Actually, the coasts are superior places to live, but I would spread that to include the border-
snooper2
Oct 2017
#50
I went to college with a guy who held that view about restricting voting rights to property owners
The Genealogist
Oct 2017
#54
One item: there are numerous rural areas which are predominantly black or Hispanic.
LonePirate
Oct 2017
#41
I was thinking Midwest and Great Plains when I said that because that's where I'm from.
Tobin S.
Oct 2017
#42
Heck get out in western Kansas, and it's majority Latino in places like Dodge & Garden City
hatrack
Oct 2017
#49
It was used disparagingly in article by a presumably liberal author yesterday.
LonePirate
Oct 2017
#47