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To: SilentZ who wrote (414806)9/6/2008 8:01:52 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575466
 
Z, > And no one's even stopping someone from using it; they'll just get called a jerk and a racist if they do.

"Silencing the opposition" obviously doesn't mean putting duct tape over one's mouth.

It just means excluding them from the mainstream discussion. They can shout all they want, but they will forever be branded a "racist jerk" and thus ignored.

Tenchusatsu



To: SilentZ who wrote (414806)9/6/2008 9:03:09 PM
From: d[-_-]b  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575466
 
Taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one's station; presumptuous: "was getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down" New York Times.

It was used in regards to women for a long time.


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