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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:24 PM Original message |
Poll question: Offensive or not offensive: calling a tank top t-shirt a "wife beater" |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not offensive |
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motely36 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't know if it's offensive, |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's just a dumb thing to say. |
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He loved Big Brother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. To quote Harold and Kumar |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Offensive. (And are those not the ugliest shirts EVER?) |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just as offensive as calling it a "guinea." |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Offensive |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Robb is a dingbat. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
30. old mark |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. BV |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not offensive compared to the things in this world that are really |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not offensive to me. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. When we were kids they were called Dago T's |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's what they called them in the Chicago area when I was there. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yup, a Chicago thing... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Not offensive |
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mykpart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sorry, I don't get it. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Offensive, because it normalizes domestic violence and makes it acceptable, even funny. |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well said.... |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thank you. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not offensive to me personally, but definitely an offensive term. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. I never knew it was called that |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Last I heard, you can thank Marlon Brando for it... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. If it was Vivien Leigh then it should be called a sister in law beater |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I think the general premise was... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. I find it offensive because it trivializes a real problem |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I totally agree. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. Well, I voted yes. Because the only time I have ever heard the term used, it was racially motivated. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. We can call it an "a-shirt" instead |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. A friend of mine loves those things and calls them "wife beaters." |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
27. I voted "not offensive" but... |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. Not offensive to me. Descriptive, like calling boots... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. Offensive, unless you think domestic violence is inoffensive. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. I dont think the undershirt has feelings. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. Triply offensive: they're ugly as fuck-all, the name treats violence as a joke, |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. Charm offensive: Your tits look mucho doable in that wife-beater, babe. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Well, as someone whose sister-in-law was murdered by an abusive ex-spouse |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'm voting for not offensive |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-14-08 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. It's sort of what it's known by now. |
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