Reply #25: I tend to frown upon names that refer to others as "trash"....

[Obamarama]

I don't get all uptight and defensive about it when I hear someone use the phrase "white trash" or "trailer trash." I just think there are other ways to denigrate someone without referring to another human being as "trash."

I've never lived in a trailer, but I imagine I would be mortified or shamed if I did and heard someone refer to someone else as "trailer trash." I admit I have used both terms myself in the past, but that ended when I referred to someone as trailer trash, only to find out later that unbeknownst to me, a co-worker lived in a trailer and was hurt by my comment.