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Capt. Obvious

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47. I thought of this:

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 11:46 AM

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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