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certainly they should be hidden regardless of to whom they're applied, no? nt
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#10
Well, we could make a list, and check it twice, if you'd like. Do you think that would
MADem
Jan 2014
#22
Well, it's not "funny" and it really should be put on the list of banned words and phrases.
MADem
Jan 2014
#72
I really dislike it when people are falsely accused--and that's happening a lot in this thread. nt
MADem
Jan 2014
#97
The irony is thick: Your rights do not extend to telling me what I can be offended by.
BainsBane
Jan 2014
#87
Yes, they do--this is a discussion board, and disagreement is part of discussion.
MADem
Jan 2014
#89
There you go again, making up attitudes and ascribing them to others--your stock in trade.
MADem
Jan 2014
#118
I was one of the people who gave her some of that "feedback." I tried to be constructive, too.
MADem
Jan 2014
#183
Stop trying to play the victim. I pointed out your horrible behavior, and you don't like it.
MADem
Jan 2014
#179
If I am so boring, why are you hyper-posting and replying several times to a single post of mine?
MADem
Jan 2014
#192
You might not realize this, because you don't read what others write very often or very thoroughly,
MADem
Jan 2014
#184
Please indicate which of the slurs in this oh-so-earnest post would NOT result ...
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#19
In context? A woman was called a whore? A slut? A bitch? And it was allowed to stand?
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#23
Yes, and to suggest that it does is rather an odd stance--especially in this day and age. nt
MADem
Jan 2014
#37
I do remember being troubled and posting about it. I just don't remember it happening often.
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#52
In the example you cite, the term is used in isolation. No one is being labeled with the slur.
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#45
This is why context matters. The word in question wasn't used to insult anybody.
Comrade Grumpy
Jan 2014
#58
Sometimes context matters not at all. That word, alone in any context, should
ScreamingMeemie
Jan 2014
#85
Why is it that the very people that tell others to Trash Thread or put people on Ignore, never do so
RC
Jan 2014
#60
3 DU search links that tell the real story about how these words are used on DU.
Bonobo
Jan 2014
#115