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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:24 PM Original message |
"After all, it’s just a word, right?" |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. hearing that word has always made me feel sick to my stomach |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I grew up hearing it in the south |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. There are few words I won't utter ... but that's one of them. |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Thanks... |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. k&r and thankyou Sapph. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thanks, QuestionAll... and you're very welcome. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. k and r n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. wow K&R |
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tonka023 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. However |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. For every word that's been reclaimed there are dozens more that have |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sapphire thank you for continuing to educate us |
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flying_monkeys (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Personally, I think Progressive Dems |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. ... |
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flying_monkeys (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thank you :) |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Justice comes in many different forms. All are important. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I wish we could focus on Darfur but it seems |
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angry_chuck (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. this is the same discussion |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. I cuss like a sailor |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I thank you for that. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'm really not sure I've ever used that word myself. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
18. one other point the author tries to make |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I am not black and the word sickens me especially when I hear blacks use it |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Who is the "rough crowd?" |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. This is what happened in the club... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
20. This article makes some good points but |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Cali you make a good point |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Why is it so hard to remember that most domestic physical abuse |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Love what you said bobbolink~ |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. THank you. I'm really beginning to think I've outlived my usefulness. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. No way! You have the real answers nt |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. So very true... and speaking of kindergarten... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. "Words will break our hearts" |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Time to repost "Don't Laugh At Me" |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Thank you for posting this wonderful song & the suggestion :) |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yup, I considered puttting it in a post of it's own.. but it would just sink. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Truer words were never spoken Sapphire |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Bobbolink please make it a Post and maybe |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I'll second goclark's suggestion to make it a Post! |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. To the listener it's just a word.. to the speaker it's a statement. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's not "just" a word and it never will be |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No, it'll never be "just" a word. Never. |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. White people can be reached. I know. I was. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Beautifully said and welcome to DU |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. I grew up listening to my parents use that word |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. kicking for the Sunday crowd... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. ... |
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