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A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness

Posted By: Steve Mellen
Date: Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 5:22 p.m.

In Response To: A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness (Leonardo Jerkovic)

I think that is the understanding over here as well, although it rarely comes up because Gypsies are just people you read about in books for the most part. If you said "Roma" to the typical American I don't think we'd have the slightest idea what you mean.

You also sometimes hear "gyp" used in the same offensive sense as "jew" as a verb. This is a good example of a word that is unquestionably offensive, even though people may not mean anything by it - I bet a lot of Americans don't even mentally connect "gyp," in spoken English, to gypsies in the first place.

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• A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
  joe freedman -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 4:48 a.m.
  • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
    Nack Ballard -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 7:14 a.m.
    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 1:51 p.m.
      • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
        Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 2:26 p.m.
      • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
        Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 10:27 p.m.
        • If you had to choose one color, black is not the answer for most "black" people. A similar comment applies with even more force for "white" people. A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 11:42 p.m.
      • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
        Stanley E. Richards -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 2:13 a.m.
        • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 10:43 a.m.
          • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
            Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 2:51 p.m.
            • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
              Stick -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 3:40 p.m.
              • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 4:20 p.m.
                • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                  Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 5:02 p.m.
                  • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                    Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 5:22 p.m.
                    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 11:15 p.m.
                    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                      Jake Jacobs -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 12:36 a.m.
                • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                  Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 6:41 p.m.
                  • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 11:20 p.m.
                    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                      Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 1:57 a.m.
                      • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                        Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 2:24 a.m.
            • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
              Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 6:30 p.m.
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      Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 4:15 p.m.
      • Scrabble babble
        Nack Ballard -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 6:43 p.m.
        • Scrabble babble
          David Rockwell -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 7:16 p.m.
          • Scrabble babble
            Stick -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 7:24 p.m.
            • Scrabble babble
              Nack Ballard -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 10:02 p.m.
              • question to Nack
                Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 1:58 p.m.
                • question to Nack
                  Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 4:54 p.m.
                  • question to Nack
                    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 25 November 2010, at 7:24 a.m.
                • question to Nack
                  Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 7:33 p.m.
                  • question to Nack
                    Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 7:42 p.m.
                    • question to Nack
                      Stick -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 8:06 p.m.
                      • question to Nack
                        Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 25 November 2010, at 5:22 a.m.
                        • question to Nack
                          Stick -- Friday, 26 November 2010, at 12:47 a.m.
                          • question to Nack
                            Jake Jacobs -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 4:53 a.m.
          • Scrabble babble
            joe freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 1:31 a.m.
        • Scrabble babble
          Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 10:10 p.m.
          • Scrabble babble
            Nack Ballard -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 11:03 p.m.
    • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
      joe freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 2:13 a.m.
      • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
        joe freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 2:16 a.m.
      • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
        Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 3:05 a.m.
        • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
          joe freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 3:44 a.m.
          • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 5:15 a.m.
            • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
              Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 5:55 a.m.
            • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
              Joe Freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 11:36 a.m.
          • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
            Bob Glass -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 10:58 p.m.
          • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
            Jake Jacobs -- Wednesday, 24 November 2010, at 12:26 a.m.
        • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
          Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 4:12 a.m.
      • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
        Barry Silliman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 2:33 p.m.
        • Sarah Palin and more thoughts on offensive words
          Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 6:26 p.m.
  • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
    Bill Riles -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 2:41 p.m.
    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
      Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 3:03 p.m.
  • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
    phil simborg -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 2:41 p.m.
    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
      Bill Riles -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 2:53 p.m.
      • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
        joe freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 1:28 a.m.
        • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
          Stanley E. Richards -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 2:43 a.m.
          • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
            joe freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 3:30 a.m.
            • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
              Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 6:38 a.m.
              • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                Joe Freedman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 1:31 p.m.
                • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                  Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 2:44 p.m.
                • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
                  Barry Silliman -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 3:01 p.m.
            • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
              Stanley E. Richards -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 5:53 p.m.
          • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
            Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 6:34 a.m.
    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
      Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 3:37 p.m.
      • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
        Stick -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 7:16 p.m.
        • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
          Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 22 November 2010, at 7:31 p.m.
        • Thanks for confirming my theory (I guess)
          Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 12:47 a.m.
    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
      higonefive -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 10:39 a.m.
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    phil simborg -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 6:52 a.m.
    • A Few Responses on Offensive Language, Stick and Stones, and Political Correctness
      higonefive -- Tuesday, 23 November 2010, at 9:07 a.m.