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So did the N word.
Gee...not too offensive.
"It's hard to see racism when you're white." Bullcrap it is. 
In other words, stick your head in the sand when somebody co-opts a word as an insult, and don't respect the people who are offended by it?
In other words, stick your head in the sand when somebody co-opts a word as an insult, and don't respect the people who are offended by it?
Yeah, right, I'll remember that the next time somebody says "he was trying to jew me out of my change"?
Don't dislocate your shoulder with these gyrations, folks. If something becomes hurtful, just stop using the freaking term. How hard is that? Does it really destroy your personal freedom not to call some poor kid a "retard"?
There is a point where "principle" is just another word for being a jerk.
Hey now. I didn't advocate anything - I just pointed out that words' starting out neutral but then picking up enough negative connotation that they fall out of favor is a common enough phenomenon that there's actually a term for it. I made no value judgments whatsoever.In other words, stick your head in the sand when somebody co-opts a word as an insult, and don't respect the people who are offended by it?
Yeah, right, I'll remember that the next time somebody says "he was trying to jew me out of my change"?
Don't dislocate your shoulder with these gyrations, folks. If something becomes hurtful, just stop using the freaking term. How hard is that? Does it really destroy your personal freedom not to call some poor kid a "retard"?
There is a point where "principle" is just another word for being a jerk.
