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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:10 PM Original message |
What do you do when someone uses the N word? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unless it's family, friend, or coworker MYOB is the best policy |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. and if its family, friends or co workers |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. With a coworker I'd go straight to their supervisor or the HR manager |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. I heard a baptist minister say it 15 years ago |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. I usually glare at the person and sometimes will say something like, "Who the hell told you |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. It all depends - in a bar I'd probably tell them to STFU |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I haven't heard it used in a casual way in decades its hard to say but in this |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. The next time you go to that bar, thank that barmaid for kicking those bums out. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Reply to #5 and #6 |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ignore them from that point on, just walk away. Just like if someone uses too much slang or |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. With all the crazies running around with guns these days, I think it's best to stay quiet. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Ditto. And it's the supposed non-crazies who keep trying to make it easier for crazies to GET guns. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Context is everything, as usual |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. If the word is too offensive to even be spelled completely on a |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Watch Rock sometime |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I have watched him, and this still doesn't explain the difference. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. On the rare occasions I hear it, I notice something. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Gail handled it correctly. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Other people's conversations are not my business. End of story, really. |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Put them on "ignore" |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. People around me don't use it. Period. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Probably not, for a few reasons... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I agree. I'm not the word police. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. My idiot roommate uses that word all the time. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. most of the time |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. I've notice some strange things in Florida... |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. North FL and South FL seem to be two different worlds |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. I never hear it, only know of one person who uses it |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. It depends on their age and the way they said it. |
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