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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 01:18 PM

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] TheMastersNemesis Dec 2014 OP

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get a hobby! morningfog Dec 2014 #6

But it did remove THAT racist reply!!!! marble falls Dec 2014 #9

It looks like you pressed somebody's button, lol. morningfog Dec 2014 #5

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The fact you drew out the racist element so fast and hatefully earns a big k&r from me. Great post! marble falls Dec 2014 #7

Then behind the scenes..... Bobbie Jo Dec 2014 #10

Wow, that close? daleanime Dec 2014 #13

Closed doors, nothing. I was on that jury and I voted 'leave it alone'.... marble falls Dec 2014 #14

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Exactly the same? gollygee Dec 2014 #22

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I keep missing something. LOL n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #30

Yeah, me, too, and I'm probably glad! Now, as a native-born Floridian, Nay Dec 2014 #59

I really think outrage against the word "cracker" is an attemt to gollygee Dec 2014 #62

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I respectfully disagree. It may very well mean something nasty to you. Here in Florida.. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #26

Thanks Bobbie Jo Dec 2014 #40

In the old days on DU it was not OK. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #45

Apparently now it's just fine. DeadLetterOffice Dec 2014 #58

'Cracker' is as racist a term as 'blond' or 'Burt Bacharach fan' is. marble falls Dec 2014 #101

I have a different opinion Bobbie Jo Dec 2014 #65

+100000 !! gollygee Dec 2014 #66

Add another 100000+ marble falls Dec 2014 #103

+1 n/t area51 Dec 2014 #112

It is a word used to disparage a group of people based on their race joeglow3 Dec 2014 #70

Its a term based on attitudes and values. When I call my grandfather a "cracker", who actually was marble falls Dec 2014 #106

People don't get to decide. The term is hurtful. Ask a parent of a Down's child what they think of joeglow3 Dec 2014 #109

cracker isn't on the same level of the 'r' word. And yes, people do get to decide. When I was a ... marble falls Dec 2014 #113

I have heard people say the same thing about the n word (they r talking about an attitude, not race) joeglow3 Dec 2014 #121

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Can you remove the 'C' word in this? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #11

Cracker is a 'c' word only on Sesame Street. marble falls Dec 2014 #15

It's also one my JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #18

This subject is close to me. Cracker doesn't offend me. Using it to claim some sort of reverse... marble falls Dec 2014 #24

She was cute JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #33

I would never have thought that people HappyMe Dec 2014 #16

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You can't judge intent JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #23

Offensive? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #21

I just do not equate 'cracker' HappyMe Dec 2014 #32

Oh trust me JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #36

Even if one person finds it offensive, is that too bad? yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #52

I'm sorry, but I find it HappyMe Dec 2014 #64

They are the saltines of the earth. Kablooie Dec 2014 #20

You're going to hell for that. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #28

"Cracker" =/= the N word. It's a good enough term to LeftinOH Dec 2014 #27

Bingo. Being called a cracker allows a racist to "feel" victimized. marble falls Dec 2014 #31

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Only racist crackers have a problem with cracker. morningfog Dec 2014 #35

+1 nt DawgHouse Dec 2014 #115

I agree with most of that except one thing zeemike Dec 2014 #37

The demonstrations may lead to nothing rock Dec 2014 #38

I don't agree brindis_desala Dec 2014 #39

This is pretty deep but some of your sentences are incomplete. snooper2 Dec 2014 #41

Wrong gollygee Dec 2014 #43

Yes, our "master" is losing his/her touch, not responding to anybody in the thread anyway. snooper2 Dec 2014 #44

So, now DU allows the word "cracker" Le Taz Hot Dec 2014 #42

It's bullshit, LTH. We used to delete or lock threads and posts for using it. What bullshit. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #46

I think the host/jury system is a proven failure by now. Rex Dec 2014 #72

All people ought to learn these important facts: If you want to change the police forces kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #47

You should self delete this racist rant. Shame on you. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #48

The jury messed up here. TMN is using 'cracker' as a general description, not as a directed epithet. Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #49

In my opinion, no racial slurs whatever should be tolerated on DU. MineralMan Dec 2014 #50

Yup. Agschmid Dec 2014 #51

Absolutely agree DeadLetterOffice Dec 2014 #53

Thank you. MineralMan Dec 2014 #54

To believe that cracker is not a racist slur... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #55

No - those words are all used against people who have been oppressed gollygee Dec 2014 #60

Oh my goodness. TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #63

Who the fuck appointed you? nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #71

Do you think white people are oppressed? gollygee Dec 2014 #74

I think sticking pins in something on the logic that you're tired of pins being stuck elsewhere Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #75

I just don't see why it's getting such a reaction gollygee Dec 2014 #77

Holy shit batman, we both agree on something. Rex Dec 2014 #78

So white people need to suffer and go through a horrible hardship for centuries Rex Dec 2014 #76

The word does not have a history and context associated with it that would cause offense gollygee Dec 2014 #79

Because it is a slur, no matter how many times you pretend to not know that. Rex Dec 2014 #80

I think your reasoning is strange gollygee Dec 2014 #81

Why would you say that? You think some slurs are okay then? Rex Dec 2014 #82

People could use a lot of things as a slur, but not all words have the same history and context gollygee Dec 2014 #84

Your logic is to then encourage its development as an offensive word. Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #85

It can't even become particularly offensive, unless there's a huge power shift gollygee Dec 2014 #86

That is complete horseshit. Utterly and completely. nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #87

The problem is, you're not uniquely entitled to determine what is offensive Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #83

I don't care if it's used or not gollygee Dec 2014 #88

"Faux outrage." Cluckings of the self-appointed. Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #89

That doesn't even make sense gollygee Dec 2014 #90

Part of the outrage is the OP's utter indifference in responding in his own thread. randome Dec 2014 #93

I think I've mainly responded to people gollygee Dec 2014 #94

Rex, I expected better from you. Nothing like that is going to happen to us white folks. marble falls Dec 2014 #108

Cracker compared to the word you know I'm talking bout...... marble falls Dec 2014 #110

Your post shows that you are very much a part of the "society who are indifferent" Renew Deal Dec 2014 #56

Geeze. It's like you discovered a new word. You used 'crackers' three times in one OP. randome Dec 2014 #57

If he'd only used it once... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #69

"Crackers" Thespian2 Dec 2014 #61

+1 nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #68

I agree. librechik Dec 2014 #73

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You were alerted on. It wasn't me though. nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #100

Only 85 posts? I thought feather-ruffling threads... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #92

What is the word 'cracker' supposed to mean in the context of the OP ? Bonx Dec 2014 #95

Whites, which implies that "there are too many whites" in a police department. randome Dec 2014 #96

Which would be *totally* fine to say at DU! lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #98

Where do you draw the line?... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #99

So what number brings it down to 'not too many'? Or is it a percentage? randome Dec 2014 #105

I dislike being called a cracker. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #97

'Nothing"??? One post and the OP knows "nothing" at all about human nature? nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #102

Insulting me does not make me an ally. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #118

One post and the OP know 'nothing' about human nature? You didn't answer my question. nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #120

Who calledyou, 'cracker'? What is your concept of who/what a cracker is? marble falls Dec 2014 #111

Can you change the c word to Nazis? That's what they really are. librechik Dec 2014 #104

Well it looks like the OP stirred up a nice shit storm B2G Dec 2014 #107

This message was self-deleted by its author DawgHouse Dec 2014 #114

What you said: +10000 marble falls Dec 2014 #116

Okay. How about too many white people become cops? lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #119

I don't need to see the C-word to understand how offensive the N-word is Takket Dec 2014 #117