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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:30 PM Original message |
Time to confess: Have you ever used a racial slur in all seriousness? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I used 'gyp', and 'welsh' without knowing what I was saying. nt |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. My GF does that all the time. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. OK I'll bite. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. 'Welshing on a bet'. Cheating. nt |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Ah but that's ironically not a racial slur at all |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That's not how it's seen. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Really? NOT being sarcastic here but by whom? |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. The welsh can't speak English so they won't know they are being insulted. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I'd wondered where that expression came from |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Absolutely. And most times, I've been disgusted at myself for it. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. I learned at an early age that certain words incurred the bar of soap. n/t |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Me too. unfortunately my family still uses ones like Indian giver (even though we are part Native |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. I had to eat soap for calling someone stupid in the First Grade |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. OMG, using the N word or any other ethnic slur was seriously bad punishment. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure. Many years ago. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. I did once in Africa in 1965 and I haven't forgotten it either... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have, countless times. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Hi there, TomInTib !! I always love your honesty! |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. You know, Breeze |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. When I was little kid, all the time. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Grandfather |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yep, when I was younger in middle and highschool.. and its probably still an accepted norm |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. When I was 5. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. My neighbor used to call me a 'marshmallow' & I called her a 'chocolate bar' when in grade school |
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Native (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. No |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yep, I used Gabacho ONCE... in my defense |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. It is? ... I had no idea. NT |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was raised in north Alabama |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. You are forgiven, imho, angrycarpenter... you are now enlightened and all grown up. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Amen brother... |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. not since 1st grade |
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Dissent Is Patriotic (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. NEVER. I never have...I struggle to understand how other |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes and I didn't like it. nt |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:42 PM Original message |
yes |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. All the kids did it in the 50s/60s |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. no |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Similar |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. All the time, but not in seriousness (nm) |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yep. I was having a bad day, very pissed off at everything while driving, someone |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. i grew up in a tightly knit blue collar neighborhood in chicago |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. Is "WASP" a racial slur? |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I was going to ask about White Trash. I still use that one I admit. nt |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Never have done so & never will. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. I shouted out this playground rhyme when I was a kid |
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