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In reply to the discussion: I ask all DUers who serve on juries to hide bigoted slurs. [View all]Veilex
(1,555 posts)98. Eh...not really
Last edited Tue Dec 9, 2014, 08:22 PM - Edit history (1)
Bullying is really about dominating someone else. Telling someone to "go fuck themselves" is a dismissive act... so the two aren't simpatico.
If anything, labeling someone as a bully is more an attempt to identify someone's actions as something undesirable... so you could think of it in terms of attempting to influence another's actions through use of a label... not exactly an attempt at domination.
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LOL Stop the pity-party. Bullies can be called out without your resorting to...
WorseBeforeBetter
Dec 2014
#25
Ain't that the truth.> Even when someone uses that "Passive-Aggressive" bullshit and calls...
BlueJazz
Dec 2014
#106
Don't let up on them, but don't get yourself bumped. I support you even when we disagree!
marble falls
Dec 2014
#64
Nah, what people don't like about the current system is too few of those posts are hidden. n/t
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2014
#162
How do you know this: " None of them will subject themselves to a jury" Do you know them? nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#40
"Go fuck yourself" is less offensive than the racist, sexist, classist, *-ist twaddle
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2014
#149
The TOS is worthless, juries override that. It's useless, it should be taken down.
LawDeeDah
Dec 2014
#105
One does not choose to be a specific gender, ethnicity, race, gender orientation, poor
hlthe2b
Dec 2014
#10
It implies sexual arousal from guns and gun violence, or the fantasy thereof.
Scootaloo
Dec 2014
#111
And please don't try to justify one racial slur because it is not as bad as another
Township75
Dec 2014
#36
I don't use those terms myself, but being a Republican is a choice reflecting political views
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#47
I do. And it's wierd seeing some fall over themselves defending some language. (nt)
Inkfreak
Dec 2014
#78
How about "redneck?" Is that still considered a slur? Or did Jeff Foxworthy neutralize it?
tclambert
Dec 2014
#89
Even the most innocuous post with the best of intentions can create a firestorm here. n/t
albino65
Dec 2014
#94
I make every jury decision I make, based on the alert and what it's alerted on and why.
99Forever
Dec 2014
#158