08-24-2018, 01:59 PM
(08-24-2018, 01:54 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Intentionally? No. Though there's an argument to be made that any slur, whether directed at someone or not, is inherently disrespectful, but I think "racially insensitive" is more accurate.
Support of that name speaks more towards digging in your heels and refusing to accept a changing culture. Geez, I remember my mother singing "Maizy Doates" or whatever it is called to me when I was 5 or so. This was a song her mom sang to her when she was young. The song has the word "*****" in it, as in the old version of something being odd or weird. I was in kindergarten and I was always eager to bolster my vocabulary so I made a point to say the first odd thing I saw looked "*****."
Logically, this put some folks into a tizzy and I didn't know why. But my mother basically told me "That word isn't ok now, so don't say it" and I said "Ok" and went on with my life. I guess I could have insisted I wasn't trying to offend anyone, but it never occurred to me to do that. I stopped calling things and people *****. Easy enough.
That's just my story about evolving as a person and society.
EDIT: Wowza, the word is even blurred on on here. That's serious stuff, but it makes my point. Anyways, it's all personal preference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairzy_Doats
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