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why am i being accused of racism

post #1 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:25pm
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when I called this pennypincher a niggardly joke of a businessman
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post #2 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:29pm
if you made a jewish joke no one would care. gotta know who you can denegrate safely.
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post #3 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:30pm
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but he wasn't jewish nor was it a joke. he just refuses to spend and loses out of great deals over 2-3m (nothing in comparison to revenues)
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post #4 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:34pm
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if you made a jewish joke no one would care. gotta know who you can denegrate safely.

most jewish jokes are niggard jokes.
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post #5 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:34pm
maybe then he just needs a vocab brush up on the word niggardly, bucause the etimology proves it to not be racist at all.
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post #6 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:36pm
Show him a dictionary.
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post #7 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:42pm
I would tell you to avoid homonyms but do not wish to be accused of being anti-gay.
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post #8 of 50
7/8/11 at 2:44pm
...or realize that the mob will lynch you for what they think you've done. If it turns out they are proved wrong, half of them will shrug it off, and the rest will defend their ignorance. Either way you are strung up. If you press the point with etymology, you'll be labeled a pedant.
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post #9 of 50
7/8/11 at 3:15pm
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I would tell you to avoid homonyms but do not wish to be accused of being anti-gay.

same thing happened when I was discussing phagocytosis and was overheard by a hipster at the bus stop !
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post #10 of 50
7/8/11 at 3:17pm
so basically, ITT shah tells SF he is a racist and a bigot
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post #11 of 50
7/8/11 at 3:29pm
I have a niggling suspicion that you can come up with better words to describe him than niggardly. You never know, "niggardly" might be the chink in this fag's armor. Maybe send him a fruit basket with some kaffir limes as sort of a jerry-rigged apology. But don't be an Indian giver.

Got nuthin'
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post #12 of 50
7/8/11 at 3:32pm
IIRC there was a white guy who worked for the mayor of DC and was fired for using "niggardly".
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post #13 of 50
7/8/11 at 3:37pm
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I asked for kaffir lime at the supermarket and the Iraqi lady in produce section called her husband over claiming I accused her of being an infidel, do i have an accent ?
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so basically, ITT shah tells SF he is a racist and a bigot
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post #14 of 50
7/8/11 at 3:47pm
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I asked for kaffir lime at the supermarket and the Iraqi lady in produce section called her husband over claiming I accused her of being an infidel, do i have an accent ?

online you sound perfectly american.
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post #15 of 50
7/8/11 at 3:53pm
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online you sound perfectly american.

i was beginning to worry a bit, thanks for the kind words !
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