snood wrote:Oh, HELL no. I'm not getting into the endless re-quotes and coloring replies. You are a weird and angry lady, Lashie. But you go on and use that "tarbaby' word all you like, okay? Just don't hurt yourself.
I understand. You realize you can't respond to the following post, without being tangled in your errors re this issue.
"No one here advocates your ridiculous scenario. Did Romney or dlo "root around" for an offensive word? There are some people, and you have proven to be one, who hold such a monstrous chip on their shoulder--and have all manner of words they hold up as a gauntlet, daring some unsuspecting person to use--makes it hard for normal people to speak without the Chips finding some offense.
Your own instances of this are all over the place. You seek offense. It is ingrained in your personality. People, such as dlowan and Romney, use a word
innocently, and
then are attacked as if they've committed some crime. The Chips set upon them like a wounded animal in a trap, because for some reason, they need to. I think that's as bad as using a "potentially hurtful" word. Those people need to start treating people decently and stop trying to pay innocent people back for something they aren't responsible for.
Ultimately, it's not going to help them. It makes things worse, but it seems to give them a bit of personal satisfaction to exert some seeming social power over what people can and can't say. There are unfortunately enough legitimate racial slurs. Why waste your indignation on one you know isn't related to you, or any other person, in any way?"
