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ChisolmTrailDem

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34. Yea, we tell rethugs all the time to go fuck themselves and that's a-ok, roger. But call DU bullies

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 11:29 AM

Dec 2014

out on their bullying by saying the exact same thing and you're accused of broad-brushing insulting DUers by a bunch of fucking whiners hitting the alert button. Actually, I know EXACTLY who alerted on it and it was one of the bullies.

But, whatever. This site will be dead one day soon. Or, it will become Discussionist. It's already half-way there.

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Any site that allows the word "cracker" [View all] Le Taz Hot Dec 2014 OP

Okay. HappyMe Dec 2014 #1

The new DU is broken, administrators please look at the truth about it. Juries suck. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #2

"allowing little gangs of anonymous jurors to intimidate other members" yellowcanine Dec 2014 #46

As long as there is good Ad revenue it will stay the same. L0oniX Dec 2014 #60

Juries are inconsistent, but I don't think use of that word is representative of DU hlthe2b Dec 2014 #3

Rotten apple or weakest link analogy: We're as good as the worst among us. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #9

Perhaps, but knowing MIRT has spent the entire morning dealing with hlthe2b Dec 2014 #13

"Cracker" isn't a racial slur. It is an historical charactization, now a metaphor. BlueStreak Dec 2014 #35

Yes I know the full etymology of the term and I know that Burt Reynolds used it in a movie. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #40

A bludgeon? HappyMe Dec 2014 #52

Do you know what you can do with your casual dismissal of abusive language? Do you? Do you know? NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #57

Well, what word would you prefer to decribe people who hunt down black people BlueStreak Dec 2014 #59

Words evolve all the time joeglow3 Dec 2014 #43

DU has an odd relationship with epithets. It took years for 'Uncle Tom' Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #4

Want some cheese with that cracker? kwassa Dec 2014 #5

I agree the word was stupidly used. randome Dec 2014 #6

DU is on auto-pilot... SidDithers Dec 2014 #7

13 years at DU and OUT! Lost another long-time DUer! This sucks! nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #8

Right? And heaven forbid you should stand up against bullies. You get your post hidden. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #11

Yea, we tell rethugs all the time to go fuck themselves and that's a-ok, roger. But call DU bullies ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #34

This thread will be locked, but not before I get this in. MineralMan Dec 2014 #10

This one will be locked, while this one stays open: NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #12

Yes. I find that annoying, too. MineralMan Dec 2014 #15

Yup. Agschmid Dec 2014 #17

"Cracker" doesn't offend me in the least. But if it bothers someone else, then it should ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #18

I agree with the OP yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #14

All they needed to do was to say "white racists", instead they used an unnecessarily divisive term. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #20

I agree with you a million times over!!!! yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #21

The manner in which the word was used was pretty bad. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #16

as a honkey myself, I don't find 'cracker' a slur. KG Dec 2014 #19

But somebody does and that should matter at yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #24

I agree. If someone called me a 'cracker', meh, phffft. LawDeeDah Dec 2014 #55

The vapors.. sendero Dec 2014 #22

The vapors.. pintobean Dec 2014 #44

I thought of this: Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #47

There is no comparison between "cracker" and n**** gollygee Dec 2014 #23

Nobody is saying they are equal yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #25

Not the only one gollygee Dec 2014 #27

It doesn't matter how you or anyone else feels about the word yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #32

One person could find anything offensive gollygee Dec 2014 #37

Do you support usage of the word tarbaby? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #45

I'd have to hear context gollygee Dec 2014 #53

Well said. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2014 #58

"Cracker" does not carry the gravitas of the 'N' word..not by a long shot. LeftinOH Dec 2014 #26

It doesn't matter. It's wrong no matter the severity. And, who is the arbiter of which is worse? NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #28

I guess that is why everyone isn't typing "Cr*&*&r" snooper2 Dec 2014 #30

OK, new topic. Which cracker do you prefer in 2016? Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #51

Classiest DU exit thread I've ever read tularetom Dec 2014 #29

The history of my demographics in this country and its social environment makes any pretense of offe LanternWaste Dec 2014 #31

Ciao HERVEPA Dec 2014 #33

Just saw Titanic. How are you dealing? Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #36

Your people? Nice, keep it classy. n/t dilby Dec 2014 #38

This same site used the word n----- the other day. cwydro Dec 2014 #39

I alerted on a disparaging usage of "retard" (ONLY alert in 8 and a half years). joeglow3 Dec 2014 #48

White racists ARE ignorant crackers. AND NO CRACKERS WERE SLAVES, SO F.T. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #41

How do we decide which words intended to disparage a whole group of people based on race, joeglow3 Dec 2014 #50

Why limit it to racial slurs? nichomachus Dec 2014 #42

Not a big deal for me ... Trajan Dec 2014 #49

Ta-ta alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #54

Cracker does not bother me, whenever I hear it I assume dilby Dec 2014 #56

Locking. aikoaiko Dec 2014 #61

Bashing whitey is trendy these days. WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #62