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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:40 AM Original message |
Question about an epithet. |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Racist |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm inclined to agree. The reason I ask... |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Probably inocently used |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You're probably right, but it surprised me |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. pretty much anytime you use a culture or nationality as a verb,it's racist |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. So why is Gyp racist? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Gyp is short for Gypsie...or Romanian |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Roma. Not Romanian. |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Racist. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. First decide where the crucial bit of information concerning |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Egypt comes into it supposedly because the original 'gypsies' |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Grandfather on mothers side was Irish Gypsy and I say |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. First of all, I love that duel-graphic! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Thank you Orrex. |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Who cares? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thanks for answering! |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I was in the middle of a thoughtful introspection when I just |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Oh, please! |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Of course it is bigoted |
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