Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam (Post 1765563)

I get what you're saying (or pick up what you're puttin' down, or smell what you're steppin' in).

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam (Post 1765563)

Love and I are on different sides of the same coin, really. She's saying she's offended by people referring to the color of her skin, even in less charged terms like "frosted flake" or whatever, and I'm saying a white person has no right to be offended by someone using non-charged words to describe them if they're going to turn around and use non-charged words to describe another group. Or, simply, don't dish it out if you can't take it.

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam (Post 1765563)

I guess it all boils down to the connotation of the word, positive v. non-vulgar but still negative v. negative and vulgar v. downright bigoted. Not to mention the context of the word. "I don't like black people" is certainly different than "that black lady ran out in front of a car!"

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1765538)

Should I? No.

Will I? In my own way.

As KSig RC stated, you pick up on the less substantive points and nitpick to create a strawman argument for yourself. Now you've become sidetracked by "layperson," "experience," and "expertise."

Personal experience is not the end-all and be-all for most things. Would you go to a doctor whose only knowledge of, and experience with, sickness is that she had a cold or was diagnosed with cancer before? Doctors not only have personal experiences but they have worked with others who have personal experiences. This hands-on knowledge is matched with reading and research that allow them to engage on theoretical and substantive levels with other doctors and reach out to laypersons.

The End. Seriously.

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1765538)

As KSig RC stated, you pick up on the less substantive points and nitpick to create a strawman argument for yourself. Now you've become sidetracked by "layperson," "experience," and "expertise."

The End. Seriously.

Originally Posted by LΩVE (Post 1765589)

If it's the end then PLEASE f-o.

Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1765619)

See, it's hard to cede you any sort of high ground when you finish with "PLEASE fuck off." I get that you don't want to take anyone's shit or whatever - trust me, we get it. But there's a difference between having a spine and telling someone to fuck off, you know?

Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1765619)

See, it's hard to cede you any sort of high ground when you finish with "PLEASE fuck off." I get that you don't want to take anyone's shit or whatever - trust me, we get it. But there's a difference between having a spine and telling someone to fuck off, you know?

Originally Posted by LΩVE (Post 1765656)

Here's the story: I repeatedly get told to suck and up and behave myself, but as I've stated before, I'm not going to take attitude.

She ends all posts to me with some silly-snide remark about how wasteful it is to respond and then KEEPS DOING IT. At this point, I'm out of patience. If it's such a yawn waste of time then quit responding...I fail to understand the appeal in baiting.

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1765671)

Long story short: Shut up, idiot.

ETA: You have taken your interpretation of my posts, made it about you and only you, and run with it. You are paranoid and have filled your brain beyond its capacity.

Originally Posted by LΩVE (Post 1765680)

You are not smarter than everyone else.

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1765682)

Don't generalize this. NOW, I'm only typing to you and about you.

Originally Posted by LΩVE (Post 1765685)

Would you like a cookie? Does this make you feel good? It certainly doesn't make you LOOK good...

Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1765683)

This reminds me of a notion/theory I learned early in my adulthood:

"She think she cute."

"No...YOU think she cute."