It is. Every time I have seen someone post something that I knew to be an ethnic slur or had it brought to my attention that something posted was offensive I deleted or edited the post. I don't make an announcement every time I do it but you have seen it done. To compare what bigfan allowed to what we try to accomplish is COMPLETE bullshit.

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GO BEARS!!!

Re read that post you are referencing

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

And now you have me
Wondering Chus. What is this thing you think I have been holding a grudge over for
Weeks

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Seriously?

I've made it a point throughout this entire thread to say you can be offended about whatever you want! Can't you Polacks read!?

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Weirdest thread of the year.

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I'm stealing this from a comedian but if you're trying to compare which word is more offensive than another and you cant even say one of the words, that's the more offensive word.

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History plays a part in any word becoming offensive. The attempt by you to diminish the historical impact of words so you can feel good is mind-boggling. According to you all words and experiences are the same. Therefore you hitting your little toe on the table is the same as a slave getting 50 lashes because both hurt really bad. I'm not Jewish but I can understand that a holocaust surviver experienced something far worse than someone calling me a n-word or not doing business with me because I am black. Statements like yours appear to be a part of a recent trend by MANY to rewrite history. Slavery wasn't that bad. HBCU's were school choice. N-word is the same as saying midget.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Go back to your falafel, bomb-boy.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

You have gone quite mad

you have essentially insulted both my intelligence and branded me but the words were nice so I should be fine with it
The same reason in essence why you wouldn't use derogatory words
Towards
African americans
Ask yourself why you don't call a little person a midget and I would assume it is the same reason in its nature you wouldn't use a racial slur

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You just sent the Chas signal.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

You tell me you're having a bad day and I tell you I am too. I tell you I was late for a meeting and you tell me that you just found out that you have a month to live. To me my bad day isn't equal to yours. If we're both sick but I have a stomach virus and you have cancer then my illness isn't the same as yours. If you call me a pussy and then I call you the p-word it would be ridiculous for me to say that both insults are equal.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

The crack I made about Jesus during WZ's wedding.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

But that is not analogous

If I say you are less than human to me because you are black and you say I am less than human to you because I am polish that is analagous.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Oh please.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I need an honest answer. Do you write your responses on a typewriter?

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You declaring that all insults/slurs are equal is offensive. I would jokingly call a little person a midget. I wouldn't call/use an ethnic slur (that I was aware was an ethnic slur) to insult/describe anyone.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I'm fat fingering it right now

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Neither is me calling someone a midget and them calling me the n-word but by your logic they're all the same.

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GO BEARS!!!

Liar

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You were clearly upset by it. Today, you said I was wrong...again. What else would I think you were referencing?

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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Dolphin, I simply cannot follow nor appreciate your attempts at logic here.

There are instances of fighting words and other instances of language not being protected and a nearly unassailable position that certain words are the most intemperate and offensive but in an odd attempt at a point of order you seem to want to blindly ignore that.

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You think you have only been wrong twice?

That was water off a ducks back

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

The point is that dehumanizing words are of equal weight as their intended result is equal

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Ok. Three times.



Yeah, I don't think so.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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But a Black man is far less likely to suggest that your heritage makes you less of a human than if the slur was presented by a person of any European descent. At least in American history

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No. To illustrate my point, there are words you'd never use in even the most heated argument with your wife or a parent

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Hate is hate. Because there is a different word to use, I can hate someone more?

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