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Originally posted by fintstone
BTW, IMHO It seems to me that either racial slurs are permissible or not. If you justify one...you are making the case that all are justified.
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I can clear this up for you; racial slurs are not "permissible", for the sake of argument we will consider all racial slurs equally offensive, and lastly, "redneck" is not a racial slur. If it is indeed a slur at all, (I'll have to take your word for it), it does not refer to someone's specific ethnicity but rather their mindset. For 47 years I have understood it to mean right-wing reactionary w/ a dose of racist thrown in.
Your inference that "redneck" refers to a poor white person who works in the fields is a new one to me. Let me ask you a question that might illuminate things: Have you ever felt that you have been a victim of racism or discrimination due to being white? (Silly examples like being turned down at the United Negro College Fund do not count). If so, you would be the first person that I have ever heard of or read about, other than whites complaining about "reverse discrimination" from affirmative action.
I am getting a clearer picture of your views on Iraq and Bush from this, you truly have your own version of reality. Note that I am not accusing you of dishonesty, in fact I do not consider you dishonest or a bigot.
