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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (652536)	4/23/2012 11:31:59 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580614

True, but the people on the receiving end must recognize and object to the comment or name. Not really. If you and a group of your friends got together and made up some racial slur you would all use, and you used it in front of someone of the racial group you were all against, and they didn't' recognize it, it would still be a slur. It would be an unrecognized insult, but still an insult. if you use offensive terms and don't recognize them as offensive because you don't realize who your talking to and understand their sensitivities that only says your ignorant of the situation. I wasn't talking about the common racial slurs. Almost any word, or phrase, or idea, might be considered offensive to someone. Their taking offense, doesn't make the word a slur.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (652536)	4/24/2012 12:44:31 AM
From: Wayners	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1580614

That's too easy. By your logic any inconsequential misinterpreted thing can be construed as offensive, even if the one hearing it is illiterate and stupid. Let me give you an example. When Ross Perot addressed the NAACP he used the word niggardly. He was booed. By your logic, they were right to boo. By the Miram Webster Dictionary or any dictionary the word means miserly. So you're wrong. Ignorance is absolutely not to be defended if ignorance leads to being offended by something that is not offensive.