Swears, Insults, Off-Color Language, Stereotypes

I have to confess that there is a man who I think deserves the C word. Puts me in a tight spot!

there are far too many American accents to use phonetic English.

I go out of my way to be politically rong; I fight against political correctness.

Some people I know use the word 'bitch' as an expression of affection of respect as in 'she's my bitch' and they mean,
'She's important to me - as a friend, as a girlfriend' etc.
I guess I could say that about my dog -
'She's my bitch' - because she is and I love her - but I don't think I will - I'll stick to 'She's my companion' for now.

There has been a great deal of ink spilled explaining how blacks
(I think especially the men as women tend away from the word)
will use the N word with each other, just as gays will use fag and
women will use the once reviled girl or, now, bitch, as a sign of group solidarity.

Your Jamaican student is both witty and correct. I bet he's fun.

You, of course, had no idea of the context.

These six guys were strangers to you when they boarded the elevator
and remained strangers when you all went your separate ways.
You have little to no idea why they were angry.
You certainly do not know the history of these people.

Finally, the fact that a group of people encountered once decried "an absent one"
does not take away from the fact that as I write this, people are calling each other
the nigger, fag, girl, bitch and more in the spirit of solidarity, love and respect.

You, of course, had no idea of the context. These six guys were strangers to you when they boarded the elevator and remained strangers when you all went your separate ways. You have little to no idea why they were angry. You certainly do not know the history of these people.

Finally, the fact that a group of people encountered once decried "an absent one" does not take away from the fact that as
I write this, people are calling each other the nigger, fag, girl, bitch and more in the spirit of solidarity, love and respect.

But, a white person . . . and, perhaps, not a white person of 18 or even 25 . . . might say something
along the lines of that Jew or even Kike; Wetback; Mick; Polack; Wop, etc.

White people have a very different history.
White people were not mined for their labor and were not separated
forcibly from their homelands, at least not in recent times.

I don't know why you have chosen to give an historical analysis
of the different ethnic slurs that I quoted here,

but white people do use ethnic slurs in anger and also in brotherly affection.
Italian men call each wop and pisono (sp?),

even Mafiosa. In fact, when an Italian man dresses up, his friends might tell him
he looks like a Mafiosa rather than he looks sharp or dapper.

What I am saying is that, for good or bad,
ethnic names are the equivalent of nigger for white people.

And, as white people have not been enslaved by black people,
and were seldom deprived of their homelands in recent times,
the attitude toward such naming by white people is different.

Understand? White people might make ethnic or class distinctions
but not racial ones. Consider that working class people will decry
frat boys or sorority girls while professionals will look down their
noses at the blue collar.

BTW, I have heard Jewish men take out other Jewish men verbally
for being too much of a Jew. Ditto Jewish women.

I'll guess I'll go ahead and post that I thought David's very bold and large use of the word nigger, repeatedly, was obnoxious
beyond the call of his text. In your face sort of stuff.

I resent it in a personal way.

TYP OZZ