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rocktivity

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3. I vote no -- because you SHOULD be off the reservation.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:55 AM

Jun 2014

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Besides, we have things like have things like "a bottle short of sixpack" or "his elevator doesn't go to the top floor" or "he was swimming in the wrong end of the gene pool" to choose from.

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"Should Saying Someone Is 'Off The Reservation' Be Off-Limits? [View all] hedgehog Jun 2014 OP

No. Don't make me call the paddy wagon. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #1

Nope quinnox Jun 2014 #2

I vote no -- because you SHOULD be off the reservation. rocktivity Jun 2014 #3

But in your examples, people can get upset too Bettie Jun 2014 #19

The elevator one could be a slight against tall folk? BootinUp Jun 2014 #24

How about The Celtics Mascot....??? nt clarice Jun 2014 #4

Not to mention hedgehog Jun 2014 #6

Exactly....but I don't hear any Irishmen up in arms about it. I find that strange. nt clarice Jun 2014 #7

It's because we Irish are honorary white people now. hedgehog Jun 2014 #9

I hear ya, but I think people forget how horribly the Irish were persecuted. nt clarice Jun 2014 #16

I won't use it because it is a cliche going back to countless Agnosticsherbet Jun 2014 #5

If every colloquialism is going to be put through the PC wringer .... earthside Jun 2014 #8

yep..... dhill926 Jun 2014 #22

I have never heard the saying 'Off the Reservation'. dilby Jun 2014 #10

Hmmm...I had never pipi_k Jun 2014 #11

I think I've heard it in movies or TV shows deutsey Jun 2014 #21

I've never even really understood the phrase. NuclearDem Jun 2014 #12

Absolutely. That's the most racist thing I have ever heard ... oldhippie Jun 2014 #13

* sarcasm ?* If so, I agree.nt clarice Jun 2014 #18

Wildlife reservations? aikoaiko Jun 2014 #14

Native reservations. NuclearDem Jun 2014 #15

I'd never heard the phrase before, and frogmarch Jun 2014 #17

That's my feeling frogmarch cilla4progress Jun 2014 #20

I don't think it is a condescending term at all. earthside Jun 2014 #23

Also "ticket scalping". "Indian giver". etc (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #25

Not to mention "Honest Injun" Art_from_Ark Jul 2014 #30

Seems to me a popular sports radio guy used that BootinUp Jun 2014 #26

Funny, the only people I've heard say it are Indians Warpy Jun 2014 #27

I am not advocating that we ban words or phrases - hedgehog Jul 2014 #29

I've always understood "off the reservation" to refer to an individual Maedhros Jun 2014 #28