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I hate those bastards that

MrSmith1 — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:17:30 +0000

I hate those bastards that give you a conditional apology, and think that absolves them from all future criticism on the issue. You can't be sorry only to the people who felt offended. That's basically saying that it's all the fault of the people who understood perfectly what you said for not knowing what you actually MEANT. The people who offer that kind of an apology should be horse-whipped ... using real horses.

I think that this is one

Richard Day — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:05:32 +0000

In reply to Larry Taylor's response

I think that this is one reason for 'Think Tanks'.

These central propaganda machines are supposed to help folks 'clean up' following a mess up.

Good point.

But the think tanks will just saying you are grasping at straws.

A phrase I never understood anyway. hahahahahah

Well some people might be offended at the term:

FUCK THE MASSES

I am so sorry.

But, on the other hand, the peasants are revolting. hahahah

Larry Taylor's response

rmrd0000 — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:45:26 +0000

In reply to TEXAS REPUB: DON'T JEW ME DOWN!

Larry Taylor's response was:

At a legislative oversight committee hearing today, I inadvertently used a phrase that many people find offensive. I corrected myself immediately when I realized what I had said. I regret my poor choice of words and sincerely apologize for any harm they may have caused."

If Taylor apologized because he thought others might find his words offensive, it begs the question of whether Taylor finds the words offensive personally. Is the fault with the people who find the words offensive, or with Taylor? Shouldn't everyone find the words unsettling?

You have to understand that I

Richard Day — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:45:11 +0000

In reply to As a kid I had the same lack

You have to understand that I 'grew up' with a racist father for the first twelve years who loved the 'n' word.

But I had no idea what these kids were talking about and such words were never used by my modernized teachers. hahahaha

And the kids sure the hell had no idea what the hell they were saying. hahahaha

As a matter of fact, the Lutheran kids would simply walk across the parking lot for 'prayer day' and us Catholics, all six of us, would have sort of a study hall. hahahahah

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES!

As a kid I had the same lack

artappraiser — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:13:38 +0000

In reply to TEXAS REPUB: DON'T JEW ME DOWN!

As a kid I had the same lack of recognition that you did that the phrase was a racial slur. I thought people were saying "he tried to chew me down." I never heard the word Jew so that would made sense. There were no Jews on the side of town that I grew up in, only the arch enemies, Lutherans and Catholics, and no reason for most people to speak of them (or any other religion for that matter, it was like there were only those two.)

After I found out what it meant, much later, I thought back to the type of people I heard using it as a kid and I suspect many of them didn't know it was a racial slur, either. That their only knowledge of the word "jew" was as a verb meaning to bargain a price down, and not anything else. (That was in Milwaukee; if you grew up in Minnesota as I am presuming you did, that would be a similar culture.)