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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 02:33 PM
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45. Some day, hfojvt, some day soon, things will change and your words will
have validity.

However, I know that on DU, there's a balance. Most of the time, words as you wrote them, are not acceptable. I know because I generally write to the edge of the definition, having to be specific about who I'm referring to whenever I "go there." Every time I have made references to white males, or white people, I'm referring to a very defined category:

Angry white male

Angry white male or AWM is a term which typifies a white male who holds traditional conservative views, especially in the context of U.S. politics and opposition to racial quotas, political correctness, liberalism, reverse discrimination, and affirmative action and other policies viewed as discriminatory or harmful.<1><2>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_white_male

This is why there's a danger in getting into the linguistic games you're playing, because, at least in this day and age, the definition is valid.


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