The Prof
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Says you
says the shrivers
wow, even my classiest friend
i'm surprised
Says you
Says you. Others, right in this thread even, say different.
So does the dictionary.
What, that it's offensive to mentally retarded people?
Yes, says me - and says them. No dictionary can change that, nor anyone on this thread unless they are mentally retarded or have family or friends who are.
says the shrivers
wow, even my classiest friend
i'm surprised
They do. Read the thread.
i think this is a mild example of poor taste, very mild. and i think it's kind of silly for palin to make such a big deal out of it. but then again, i think she's kinda silly.Here's what I find funny and may have to research a bit later....
Who in this thread that either Defended or Condemned phases like "He Jewed me down" or "He's being niggardly" or "You got gyped" or "You're an indian-giver" or other such words that are not to uncommon idiomatically and are more often meant as slang as purposefully racist these days and yet are doing the opposite here.
I applaud MyOwnDrum for at least being consistant.
But from what I'm seeing for some....commonly used slang or idioms that they dislike are highly offensive, but aren't for others and vise versa.
If the republicans has been refusing to pass the budget and Emanuel said "They need to stop being so ****ing Niggardly" would that be okay with you? Or what if he refered to the republicans bargaining down of the Healthcare bill to have lesser national coverage as the republicans "****ing jewing them down"? Would some in here be defending them as they defended it in the other thread? Would some be condemning him as they did in the other? Or would partisan lines be shown as people tried to rationalize it away.
Is it possibly because in general jews can speak up for slurs against them, and blacks can speak up for slurs against them, etc their slurs arel ooked at as something you shouldn't say even though its moved beyond purely racist intent...but since often the mentally handicapped can't then its fine to throw their slur around.
(I personally feel the same way as I did in the toher thread. Poor tact if he did it in a crowd, but not necessarly bad. I'd feel different if he said this to the press core rather than apparently somewhere he figured was relatively private)
You may find a few who aren't offended by it, that's true for any word,..
disagree. i hate being called short.I'm not offended by any word. All words should be allowed. People need to grow thicker skins.
except the doors didn't remain closed
white house doors rarely do
rahm needs to grow up
I can't read the thread. I know it will disgust me too much.
You may find a few who aren't offended by it, that's true for any word, but the vast majority are - including the people with mental retardation themselves. That's what really matters. Go ask them.
(And forget politics here - I voted for Obama and I can't stand Palin).
Idiot
2. Psychology. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation , having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.
disagree. i hate being called short.
Oh, **** you.:2wave:
half of YOU need to grow up
and YOU're not even chief of staff
More politically correct BS.
Which half?
if you have to ask...
no, do i sound upset to you?
i have high standards of conduct for myself and my public servants
I don't care what they say. I'm only concerned about what they do.
Remember, it's just a word.