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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:16 PM Original message |
Could you ever forgive someone who made a racial slur/bad comment? |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah..... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Agreed. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. yes... if they learn from it and get educated about it |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That's a good point |
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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mel Gibson aside, if you're talking about an individual acquaintance or |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's not so much that I "cut them off", |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I have a hard time understanding anyone cheating on a spouse... |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's just it. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I guess I understand. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward were married to others when they met. |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. I let 'That's Gay' for something stupid slide... sometimes. |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "That's Gay" |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Is any insult acceptable? |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I'm the same way. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. That's so honky |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Do you ever say "that's lame" in front of handicapped people? |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
50. People at my work say that all the time... |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, with the Gibson thing, it's a pattern of behavior. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. you're black? |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Well, she went on to say how "good Asians were at cleaning". |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I would not equate positive stereotypes with bigotry |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. I get just plain ignorance a lot more than slurs. |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Oh I LOVE BlackPeopleLoveUs.com!! |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Depends on who/how/why |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. I've had to deal with many people in my family |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. My father in law |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Yeah, this is what I'm talking about. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. He didn't see me as a Mexican |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. It very much depends on the person, the context and |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I could |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. well, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. "um... have you noticed I'm black?" |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. It was really strange, because she said it like she was saying |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. it would bother me if someone said that in front of me. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Hmm. I'll assume you used to haul 19th century denominations of firewood |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. What... the... fuck? |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I didn't either |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yeah, I think you've been flamed enough today. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. It's okay, I'm durable |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. Is that you, Dad? I'll always forgive you. Glad you don't vote any more. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. What, bigotry in the high plains? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I like that it's called "Rimrock Mall." |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yup. Anyone who would think of the slur and SAY it, has biiiig issues. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. Probably, but it depends. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. If I didn't I would have very few, if any friends. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. Of COURSE I could. And have done so more times than I can remember. |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. it depends on the why/where/how and the context |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. Yup, do it all the time. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. It depends. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
49. People fuck up. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
52. Robert Byrd |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. I have to. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
54. Generally these people are authoritarian personality type |
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