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thereismore
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:21 PM Original message |
I am wondering if people are sensitive about the term "white trash". nt |
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Hissyspit
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. n/t |
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speakclearly
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. Absolutely |
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zabet
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. It only bothers me when... |
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VP505
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. That's how |
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Swamp Rat
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. LOL! |
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applegrove
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. I noticed it being thrown around on the mixed boards by freepers. Either |
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SteveM
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. Also used derisively by libs who have a hate-on for rural/Southern culture. |
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applegrove
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Tue Jul-24-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. I see alot of going after Southerners for the way they think (and spell), not for |
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Bluzmann57
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. Somewhat. |
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Dora
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. In any context. It's as unacceptable as the n-word, IMO. |
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Blashyrkh
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Mon Jul-23-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Are there any insults left? |
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Minimus
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Is there a need for insults? |
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QC
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's both racist and classist. |
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tabasco
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. You're right. |
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IndianaJones
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. It is an insult for many. Racist? No. nt. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Doesn't it sort of imply... |
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QC
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. That's exactly what it implies. |
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gollygee
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. It implys that the default setting for trash is something other than white |
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thereismore
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Good point. nt |
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IndianaJones
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
48. You are correct. nt. |
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CTyankee
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Tue Jul-24-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
73. Funny, isn't it? As racists, the term wouldn't bother me. But it IS classist and that does. |
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juajen
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Very much. Having come from poverty, even though raised |
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murielm99
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I can think of only one time I ever used it. |
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thereismore
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. So true! nt |
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William769
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Using the term trailer park trash is just as bad. |
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lefador
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. White trash refers to a specific group of people... |
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RebelOne
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
57. I am really offended by trailer trash. |
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Debi
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. I just hate that I am white trash |
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sniffa
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. how about honkey? |
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TheBaldyMan
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Tue Jul-24-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
74. I'm OK with that, as long as it's affectionate. white trash is a bit negative |
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etherealtruth
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Human beings are not "trash" |
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lastliberalintexas
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Mon Jul-23-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. That's my biggest problem with it as well |
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yardwork
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's offensive. |
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lazer47
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wish you wouldn't talk about my Kin folks on here |
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NV Whino
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Mon Jul-23-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. No |
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William769
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Which ones are acceptable and which ones are not? And why? |
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NV Whino
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Mon Jul-23-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. In all seriousness |
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Gormy Cuss
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Tue Jul-24-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. Well, it makes me wince because I was called 'white trash' more than once as a kid. |
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Midlodemocrat
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. I generally don't think it is an economic or classist term. |
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sniffa
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. what you said |
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bicentennial_baby
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. ... |
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Toots
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Tue Jul-24-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
69. And how often do you refer to any black people as "black trash"? |
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poverlay
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. As far as I'm concerned, it means "Republicans". n/t |
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rucky
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. as opposed to the other kinds of trash? |
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Sanctified
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Nope I grew up White Trash. |
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mariema
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. I used the term once |
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thereismore
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:31 PM Original message |
Yes, I can see how "white trash" may be a necessary term in our language...LOL nt |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. I don't like it |
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MrSlayer
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. No. If the shoe fits. |
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ourbluenation
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. couldn't agree more. n/t |
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senseandsensibility
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Mon Jul-23-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes it's wrong to call |
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Lilith Velkor
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Mon Jul-23-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. When they are trying to deny racism still exists, yes. n/t |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Mon Jul-23-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. YES, it's rude and so is " trailer trash." |
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Colobo
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Mon Jul-23-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. Sadly, classicm is not as vilified as racism. I have to admit I'm a classist in recovery. |
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Screwfly
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Mon Jul-23-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. The term "white trash" = the N-word |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Just great... |
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InkAddict
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yes, it is offensive. |
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thereismore
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It all boils down to PRIDE. Pride is rarely if ever justified. nt |
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DemBones DemBones
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's like the "n" word -- you don't call other people that name |
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DemGa
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
47. I've always seen it as a corollary to the N word |
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SteveM
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Some strange wrinkles in this term... |
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Sapere aude
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. I don't think we should ever call people trash. White or not. |
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WinkyDink
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. Not even Cheney, Bush, Gonzalez, ...? |
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Marrah_G
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Tue Jul-24-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
51. Yes it bothers me |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
52. I don't know... |
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City Lights
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
54. George Walker Bush is trash in my book. |
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DeposeTheBoyKing
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Tue Jul-24-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. I said that to my sister - she thinks it'd be a good bumper sticker |
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Codeine
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Tue Jul-24-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
56. I'm not, but I've always been white trash. |
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debbierlus
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Cool |
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debbierlus
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
60. Not me - Didn't you ever read 'White Trash Cooking' |
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WinkyDink
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Tue Jul-24-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. No. E.g., it fits Britney Spears. It's a term of behavior, IMO, and that is neither a |
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kineneb
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Tue Jul-24-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
66. No, since it describes much of my dad's family... |
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retread
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Tue Jul-24-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
68. I am wondering what you really want to say about the term "white trash." Or is |
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Madspirit
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Tue Jul-24-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
70. Ahhh...I don't know |
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TroglodyteScholar
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Tue Jul-24-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
71. I draw a distinction... |
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