"The Heap" > wrote in message
om...
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>. ..
> > david wrote:
> > > To me white trash is a horrible horrible phrase. And not from a race
> > > point of view - couldn't give a hoot about that - but from a "class"
> > > point of view. In Australia we call poor people "battlers", and we
> > > try and help them. Even the phrase "White trash" to me, says a lot
> > > about America. What do Americans think about it?
> >
> > THIS American thinks of it as derogatory, exactly as ****** is
derogatory.
> >
> > Jill
>
> Why does *anyone* give a hoot about what someone else calls them,
> thinks of them, says about them...etc. I really don't get it and I
> must be one of the few who doesn't and doesn't care. I am secure
> enough with who and what I am that whatever *you* have to say about me
> (classwise, racewise, sexwise,...)makes no difference at all.

Honestly, I imagine that people who are racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.,
are the least likely to care what people think about them -- not that I am
saying you are any of these things. By the way, you might enjoy this site:
http://www.rubylot18.homestead.com/