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Don't take it so personal. I'm about 99% he didn't mean it to be too offensive. Probably only offensive enough to make people take action.

by Skywing 16y ago

spooneybarger 16y ago
I'm not. I don't take anything all that personally... especially as I'm not gay but I can think of plenty of slurs that no one would ever consider putting in a blog post title casually yet pansy is perfectly acceptable. I'm going to assume.. o o look out... that you would find... chink, nigger, gook, spic and lord knows what else equally acceptable and make a snippy little comment to anyone who pointed out how some might be offensive as being well... chinese, black, vietnamese etc... BTW... this is the part where you can respond and pretend you didn't try to insult me as a person by calling me a pansy. Only problem... I don't care and... well I'm going to keep it civil and end right there. EDIT: p.s. nice edit of your comment btw to make it less... well... you know...
- Skywing 16y ago
  Um, what? I didn't call you a pansy. I didn't make the original post. And, no I don't use those words, but hey .. nobody claimed that making an assumption was wise. My edit only added an additional sentence so that you, being the sensitive little thing that you are, wouldn't get offended. Quit being such a pansy.
  - spooneybarger 16y ago
    And there you go again, aren't you witty... Let us see how the chain went... I pointed out that pansy is considered acceptable now despite its meaning and you said, don't take it personally. I responded. You CHANGED your response to seem less ass-ish. I responded. You try to explain and then... try once again to insult someone who doesn't care about your slur. High road you are on there. I can wait to see your next 3rd grade playground response ( perhaps a little EDIT revisionist history? ).
- ipince 16y ago
  I must say your posts are incredibly hard to understand... I'm still a bit confused. Anyway, WRT to "slurs", I'm among those who believe that people should focus on the meaning of a person's speech, rather than the words they chose to use. If they want to use words like faggot, nigger, spic, etc, so be it, so long as their intention is not derogatory.
  - sophacles 16y ago
    Some words do have derogatory meanings -- as a fundamental point of them. For instance, if I walked up to some guy and said "Hey douchebag, you are a fucking idiot", the meaning is much different than, "Hey guy, you are acting foolishly". While I tend to be forgiving of word choice based on context, the meaning of words and their connotations are pretty important.
- sophacles 16y ago
  Are you really trying to claim that all slurs are the same? Different ones have different levels of offensiveness, and that is by fucking design. If I call someone an idiot it is more insulting than calling them foolish. If I call someone a prick it is less offensive than calling them a douche. There are levels of slur. For instance I think you are a disingenuous prick, but I probably wouldn't call you a douchebag hypocrite, as that might be a bit over the top in this situation.

Don't take it so personal. I'm about 99% he didn't mean it to be too offensive. Probably only offensive enough to make people take action.

by Skywing 16y ago

Don't take it so personal. I'm about 99% he didn't mean it to be too offensive. Probably only offensive enough to make people take action.

spooneybarger 16y ago

I'm not. I don't take anything all that personally... especially as I'm not gay but I can think of plenty of slurs that no one would ever consider putting in a blog post title casually yet pansy is perfectly acceptable. I'm going to assume.. o o look out... that you would find... chink, nigger, gook, spic and lord knows what else equally acceptable and make a snippy little comment to anyone who pointed out how some might be offensive as being well... chinese, black, vietnamese etc... BTW... this is the part where you can respond and pretend you didn't try to insult me as a person by calling me a pansy. Only problem... I don't care and... well I'm going to keep it civil and end right there. EDIT: p.s. nice edit of your comment btw to make it less... well... you know...

Skywing 16y ago
Um, what? I didn't call you a pansy. I didn't make the original post. And, no I don't use those words, but hey .. nobody claimed that making an assumption was wise. My edit only added an additional sentence so that you, being the sensitive little thing that you are, wouldn't get offended. Quit being such a pansy.
- spooneybarger 16y ago
  And there you go again, aren't you witty... Let us see how the chain went... I pointed out that pansy is considered acceptable now despite its meaning and you said, don't take it personally. I responded. You CHANGED your response to seem less ass-ish. I responded. You try to explain and then... try once again to insult someone who doesn't care about your slur. High road you are on there. I can wait to see your next 3rd grade playground response ( perhaps a little EDIT revisionist history? ).
ipince 16y ago
I must say your posts are incredibly hard to understand... I'm still a bit confused. Anyway, WRT to "slurs", I'm among those who believe that people should focus on the meaning of a person's speech, rather than the words they chose to use. If they want to use words like faggot, nigger, spic, etc, so be it, so long as their intention is not derogatory.
- sophacles 16y ago
  Some words do have derogatory meanings -- as a fundamental point of them. For instance, if I walked up to some guy and said "Hey douchebag, you are a fucking idiot", the meaning is much different than, "Hey guy, you are acting foolishly". While I tend to be forgiving of word choice based on context, the meaning of words and their connotations are pretty important.
sophacles 16y ago
Are you really trying to claim that all slurs are the same? Different ones have different levels of offensiveness, and that is by fucking design. If I call someone an idiot it is more insulting than calling them foolish. If I call someone a prick it is less offensive than calling them a douche. There are levels of slur. For instance I think you are a disingenuous prick, but I probably wouldn't call you a douchebag hypocrite, as that might be a bit over the top in this situation.