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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....

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To: Ilaine who wrote (435)9/6/1999 4:30:00 AM
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CB, I can't be sure but, I think the term intended was "honkey". Black people,today, still routinely call whites by this name which means just the same,in reverse, an n_____ does. Nobody seems to care that they call whites by such a derogatory name, but if a white man uses the same sort of slang,he is chastised unmercifully. I,personally,do not approve of the use of any names that constitute a racial or ethnic slur. There is just no reason to denigrate our fellow men (including women) regardless of the difference in their race or ethnic background. I do not have the same tolerance for homos...TD
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