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

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 11:02 AM

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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

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

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