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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:38 PM Original message |
The test of whether or not a word is racist is whether or not it hurts. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Depends |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. When anger over h-word stupidity flares, sometimes these words come readily to the tongue. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I'm sorry to hear that... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yes, master. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm no one's master... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I wish people wouldn't presume to know what another person's 'spirit' contains |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Language changes as well as the popular meaning of words |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Look at recent facts |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. If people tell me a word is offensive to them, I generally give them the benefit of the doubt and |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sorry - I couldn't read this - I'm still lol-ing at all of the oppressed white folks here. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. I missed the white people claiming oppression, do you have a link? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. It's called context |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. So if I called a black man that raped, tortured and mudered a white couple the n word would it be ok |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Oh, did we change the subject? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Funny I thought this discussion was about racism and racist words. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. You asked where all the oppressed white people were |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. It would take some courage to answer. I understand your position. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Have you watched Fox News or listened to Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. The poster claim oppressed people HERE. |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Im impressed that you can determine race from the color of our HTML |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. I know it's unpopular, but it's a matter of degrees |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Aptly put. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. There is a matter of degrees... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Who's encouraging it? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. I never said you were encouraging it... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. White people feel so superior there isn't much in a racial way you could call them that would hurt |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. names |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yup, those are white-on-white names |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bullshit. You don't need to show wounds. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You're absolutely right. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. And there lies the problem with legislating speech.... |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. The n-word hurts depending on who uses it. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. cracker doesn't have the negative connotations |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. To me a cracker is just a saltine. And I'm mostly white.... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I disagree that if a word hurts or not is what defines it as racist or not |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Agreed. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. You pitiful, whining milksop. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Ow! Racist! |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Being on top makes up for a lot of words |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Racism has NOTHING to do with feelings. |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. People should just not call each other names, period. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. That's ludicrous. (nt) |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. I've often seen the argument that the person belonging to the oppressed |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. Racism is racism no matter who it comes from. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. I knew a guy in the Army that was hurt by being called black. So I guess black is a racist term, eh? |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Well, I for one |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
34. there already is a "c" word. It is |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. The only thing that hurts white people is calling them racist. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. +1 |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. The only thing that sparks more outrage is when you call an African American a racist. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I'm starting to notice a trend from you in this thread, FMD... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. It is an interesting topic. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Ah yes, "Some People Say" |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Run away, run away. Boy you are easy. |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
51. huh? sounds like an excuse |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. Well. I was never denied a job simply because I'm a "cracker". |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Don't worry, we're going to get the land back |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. what the hell will I put in my soup? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. Or the ability to recognize accidental hurting vs deliberate hurting |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. Ummmmm, No. That Is Not The Test Whatsoever. Pretty Hilarious To Say So Though. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. hurts? The truth hurts, does that make the truth racist? |
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