You are a "Nigger" and I am a "Cracker"

pstewart wrote:

On the other hand, Occom Bill deliberately insulted Miller above. He called her an ass and implied she was often an ass with the italics on "again." If people's feelings are important to you, then THIS is the post most deserving of criticism.

It is customary for new members to wait until they have at least 100 posts before they start acting like the thread police around here.

joefromchicago wrote:

pstewart wrote:

On the other hand, Occom Bill deliberately insulted Miller above. He called her an ass and implied she was often an ass with the italics on "again." If people's feelings are important to you, then THIS is the post most deserving of criticism.

It is customary for new members to wait until they have at least 100 posts before they start acting like the thread police around here.

Joe, I'm afraid you missed my point. If you'd carefully read my whole post, you'd realize that I offered this as an example of a real (a deliberate) insult, as opposed to accidental insult perceived from a word used in a non-insulting context.

1. I certainly have no intention of "policing" this forum or any other, with the exception, of course, of the forum I run myself. And even there I hate to have to do it.

2. How is a newbie to know what is "customary" here? I didn't know about your "100 posts" policing rule, and it's completely irrelevant anyway, since I don't intend to police anyone, or to take offense at what anyone might say in a harrassing way. I am only interested in discussing, openly and honestly and rationally, ideas and culture and how humans deal with life and with each other.

Yo mama, you insipid drone.

So did these tenured professors call them niggers to their faces, or were these cowardly little gossip sessions with none of the referred-to parties present?

And what was your contribution to these pleasant little exchanges, or were you just an inconsequential observer?

It's really easy to swiftboat someone as a racist, you just say that they are.

I love Little Richard, but he's been crazy as a bessybug his whole life.

And the answer for anyone who thinks Eminem needs to take advantage, or has an advantage because he is white, is to rap better, dance better or shut up. (I think that might be a quote from Diddy.)

It's too easy to point to anyone who is white and say 'racist', it's an presumption of condition, kind of like thinking that Obama must be running as a black candidate, instead of thinking that maybe he is just running as a candidate.

Joe(I used to think we needed blinders, now I think we need to open our eyes.)Nation