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bettyellen

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15. and we are talking about people who use the free speech dodge to say

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 03:46 PM

Feb 2014

c$@t and b*$#h, but would not dare using racial slurs. They know better than to try that "free speech" "words don't hurt bullshit" in a racist way here. It's a game to see how much privilege they have left here.

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Whites, Blacks, and Apes in the Great Chain of Being [View all] cinnabonbon Feb 2014 OP

The solution is to acknowledge that we are all equally apes. Shivering Jemmy Feb 2014 #1

Or call the whole thing "hominids" cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #2

If you like Shivering Jemmy Feb 2014 #3

I wouldn't be opposed to that at all. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #4

This is a very sensitive matter. dawg Feb 2014 #5

That is all true. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #6

Well there is some neanderthal and devosonian in the hopper also AngryAmish Feb 2014 #7

About that third hominid .... dawg Feb 2014 #8

... cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #12

using pseudoscience to justify racism is no different BainsBane Feb 2014 #9

a lot of overlap in the two, yes. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #11

and we are talking about people who use the free speech dodge to say bettyellen Feb 2014 #15

du rec Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #10

The "Great Chain" was introduced by Alexander Pope "An Essay on Man". Race Not Involved In It! TheBlackAdder Feb 2014 #13

Thank you for the clarification cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #14