Racial slurs

[sparks19]

It's not petty at all. I am a lover of all people, no matter the color. I get offended when someone calls a gay man a faggot, I get offended by the "n" word. I get offended at cracker.

They are all rude things to say to someone, and each points to a generalization on people.

It's definitely NOT petty.

She didn't CALL ANYONE the N word... just pointed out that "OOPS my name spells something derogatory backwards"

I bet you all wouldn't be causing such a stink if MY name happened to spell something backwards that wasn't my intention... or Saje's or Renee's (not to put myself on your level you two lol) or any other member that hadn't p!ssed people off lately.

so YES... petty

did she flat out call someone the N word? I bet she didn't. So YES... Petty

 

[iwantmypup]

Oops? You really think it was an oops situation? She pointed it out to us!!

 

[sparks19]

And why was it brought up NOW when it was such ancient history? I know why and that is what is petty and childish

Well.. I my defense... I am a slacker lol and I just read the thread... OOPs

Jules... I am sorry but I had to LOL at Sour Kraut... I couldn't help it. Your hubby is more clever than I even if it got him the stink eye lol

 

[Angel Chicken]

Sparks, I have nada against Reggin.

All I know is she posted pics of Madison recently. I browse threads, and hardly participate. Pissing me off isn't easy either, lol. So if she posted something heated recently, I haven't seen it.

 

[Nechochwen]

I refer most of you to my title, and take it to heart.



zomg! someone on the internet -might- hold a non-politically correct view based on what her name spells backwards! Burn her at the stake!

 

[sparks19]

Oops? You really think it was an oops situation? She pointed it out to us!!

I KNOW SHE DID....

But you don't think that possibly she looked at it and thought... WOW do you see what my name spells backwards. You don't think that was a possibility?

Rather you would condemn her... a woman who has NEVER shown ANY sign of being a racist.... and assume that her dog was named JUST as a stab at blacks?

PUH LEASE.

I love ya Reggin.... But I doubt she and her fiance sat around one night and said "HEY... what name can we come up with that will be a derogatory term spelled backwards... lets think of some"

I wonder what the throw aways were.... hctib (no too hard to say) yeknoh (no doesn't make sense too many people would ask) drater (well that one sounds kind of cool but again too many people would ask how we came up with it)

Nothing but a witch hunt because she had an unpopular opinion and I stand by that. I have seen it time and again.

 

[Saje]

I thought this thread was about how we feel about racial slurs . . .somehow, it is has become a long and silly discussion on Reggin's dog's name. I am aware of what it spells backwards. I was not part of the original discussion, so I don't know how it came up. I have no idea, nor do I care, why her fiance named Reggin that . . .whether it was an accident or a racist joke or some post-modern commentary on racial issues. Frankly, I would never have noticed had it not come up, because it looks like a real name, and I'm not in the habit of spelling things backwards, except in my occasional dyslexic moments.

Reggin has not acted in a racist fashion. She had not made racist remarks. It's her dog's name. Perhaps that name is in poor taste. Perhaps its a bit strange, considering that the animal in question is neither black, nor all white, which makes any joke involving the n-word sort of dead in the water. I really don't know. I don't care much either. I think we're reading an awful lot into a pet's name spelled backwards, and a possibly tasteless joke.

I am reminded, at this point, of the man who was walking his Scottish Deerhound down the street when a lady came up to him and asked what kind of dog it was. "A Scottish Deerhound," he said. She asked him what the dog's name was "Rebel" he said. She then launched into a tirade about how it was racist of him to name his dog Rebel, because that's a term for Southerners, who rebelled against the Union in support of slavery. When she was done, he said "Madam, this is a Scottish Deerhound. I had in mind William Wallace, not Robert E. Lee."

Beware what you read into things, you just might make a fool of yourself.

Wow.... been away all day, and came home to read all this! As to the OP I do not think calling someone dumb is anywhere on the same level as calling someone a "N" word, utterly ridiculous to even insinuate that it is!!!

As far as Reggin's dog/user name.... really has Reggin EVER even hinted at something racist on here??? When this was brought up originally in another thread it was, in my opinion a personal slam and you know what, it worked because now everyone is using this thread to jump on her again. You want to know what I find offensive? People using this as a way to question her character when it seems the real beef was Reggin's stand on other topics....

I truly enjoy this forum but hope I never tick any of you off badly, seriously!!

This thread has turned into a blatant attack on Reggin. I want to remind everyone that Reggin is a good member here. The name is .. unfortunate... but how you choose to read it is up to you. I choose to judge her by her actions here on the forum and I don't find her faulting.

Enough said.