"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> Puester wrote:
>
>> I equate "Paki" with things like Wop, Guinea, Frog, Slope, Dago, etc.
>> Politically incorrect is just another way to say distasteful, prejudiced,
>> mean, and ugly.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> I don't necessarily agree. The words seem to lose favor and suddenly
> they're mean and ugly?
> When we were kids it wasn't a crime to say "colored" then came "black"
> then that fell out of favor and now anything short of "African-American'is
> the term, whether someone actually comes from Africa or America is beside
> the point? So it does get confusing yet isn't necessarily prejudiced, mean
> or ugly. If it isn't being said with a hateful intent, is it hateful? Or
> just a different era of language?


It depends on who's using the words, and in what way.

A real president needs to choose his words VERY CAREFULLY, especially when
referring to a part of the world where lots of people make a hobby of hating
us.

How many times did you vote for Bush? If twice, how did you rationalize your
mistake the second time?