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Orsino

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14. Choosing to use the word "niggardly" in this day and age is suspect behavior.

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 12:43 PM

Aug 2012

Offense is a subjective matter, and your proposed lack of a relationship between "niggardly" and the n-word is far from "objective fact." It was true at some point, I'm sure, but it only takes one asshole deliberately conflating the terms--or merely appearing to do so--to turn the discussion into a minefield.

If one chooses to use terms known to be offensive, one's own motives are called into question. That's not crap; that's how people interact.

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I really hate the "It's MY PERSPECTIVE" shit. [View all] Odin2005 Aug 2012 OP

I'm sorry, but from my perspective I didn't step on your foot, you slipped yours under mine. DetlefK Aug 2012 #1

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions frankie Aug 2012 #10

But reality is the part of imagination we all agree on. DetlefK Aug 2012 #12

I agree..... ericburns4 Aug 2012 #17

It's a lazy argument that requires no knowledge of facts or logic. Chemisse Aug 2012 #2

You said a mouthful... Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #3

PM? Do you mean the pseudoscientific magazine "P.M."? DetlefK Aug 2012 #4

pm Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #8

I have a slightly different problem with it... LeftishBrit Aug 2012 #5

Damn good point about the link to group therapy stuff. trotsky Aug 2012 #6

I hate that bloody question, absolutely hate it! idwiyo Aug 2012 #11

But how, exactly, does it make you feel? mr blur Sep 2012 #22

That reminds me of the I-Statement fetish. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #7

"I feel that he didn't file his report on time, because he was drunk yesterday." DetlefK Aug 2012 #9

It still doesn't change the fact that we're never colonizing space McGee from Muskogee Aug 2012 #13

"Never" is a pretty long time. Silent3 Aug 2012 #15

Choosing to use the word "niggardly" in this day and age is suspect behavior. Orsino Aug 2012 #14

No, not at all. Niggardly is a very old word, with a distinct meaning. MineralMan Aug 2012 #16

Context is all. Orsino Sep 2012 #18

Niggardly has only one meaning. MineralMan Sep 2012 #19

You can't use it because Confusious Sep 2012 #20

What meaning would it have... Orsino Sep 2012 #24

Oh come on... If someone is going out of their way to use it to tweak someone... jberryhill Sep 2012 #25

Niggardly and the word you used are quite different. MineralMan Sep 2012 #28

"Context, audience, etc. are all important in choosing words to use." jberryhill Sep 2012 #29

I don't want to be guilty of the same sort of fallacy in turn... Orsino Sep 2012 #31

My faggot-burning gay aides thank you jberryhill Sep 2012 #32

That is probably the exact reason nobody calls a lie a lie these days Confusious Sep 2012 #21

It's not just 'these days' LeftishBrit Sep 2012 #23

You do not have a right not to be offended. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #27

Nobody is saying that jberryhill Sep 2012 #30

I run across people who say things randr Sep 2012 #26