Racist Terms

[latewood]

These quotes are the state of mind the poster is in. Ignorance. White trash is not limited to the south, neither are rednecks.

As an analogy to the "other" racially motivated, hence banned terms. I don't agree redneck and white trash fall in that category.

As far as dealing with a post similar to your quotes BA...I would agree that in some of these circumstances, perhaps it could be considered flames...

Hell; It's late. don't you all have something better to do? lol

[tomasinho]

If a white person cant say the n word, then why can a black person call a white person a redneck? Why not allow all words to be said? Blacks, whites, and people of all color worldwide are all sick of being censored by our governments - why cant cannabis.com be a place where people can be honest with each other and not be censored? I tell ya - I am sick of people claiming to be rightous by trying to make everything politically correct - to those people I say take your rightousness and shove it - you are not helping anyone by shutting down their right to be honest and say what they feel.

[Skink]

I think decorum should lead,,, if we are to be respected...

[tomasinho]

There is no respect in forced and/or biased decorum. The decorum should be 100% equal for everyone involved or their should be no enforced decorum. There are people who are not proud of being called white trash or a redneck and do not enjoy it. People are as proud of being called white trash as they are an nword. Both words are hurtful in some contexts and ok in other contexts to the respective people that are labeled as such. The question is - why are some words banned and others not? Why the double standard?

[Pipe Dreams]

Why are derogatory words like "Redneck" and "White Trash" still allowed on this board, while racist terms for other groups are automatically replaced with astericks?

... Since when is "Redneck" offensive? Hell, REDNECKS call themselves rednecks. :wtf:

But yeah, whats wrong with white trash also? IM white trash :thumbsup: :wtf:

[LIP]

Ahhh, you might like to be called white trash, but others might not. Same with the N word, some may not care, and to others it's extremly offensive.

[MacWQ33]

Who gives a shit, get a life. It's the way things work, accept it or don't.

And btw, black people refer to themselves as n***A (used like 'dude' or 'bro')....not n***ER (derogotory term)...there is a difference (why? I don't know, but again, it's the way things work..accept it or don't). In practice, it's use and meaning are heavily dependent on context, simple as that.

Honestly, there's not one single word that would offend me. Grow up, and have some self respect. If a word offends you, there must be some truth behind it. If there is no truth to it, why would it offend you in the first place? If someone says something I don't like, I'll just laugh at them, no need to complain and go 'all political' on them.

[halfassedjediknight]

if anyones calling me white trash, im finding it really offensive, because i know for one im not, and its stemming from sheer ignorance and malice. i dont appreciate the term. its scummy.

but there are worse. like i said earlier, what about cracker? its kind of the white equvalant to the n word

[Skink]

There is no respect in forced and/or biased decorum. The decorum should be 100% equal for everyone involved or their should be no enforced decorum. There are people who are not proud of being called white trash or a redneck and do not enjoy it. People are as proud of being called white trash as they are an nword. Both words are hurtful in some contexts and ok in other contexts to the respective people that are labeled as such. The question is - why are some words banned and others not? Why the double standard?

Sorry but,,, life is never perfect we can only try...

[Skink]

Fact is say Ni##er to a black person and it is an immediate afront... Say redneck to a southern person you are more likely to get a chuckle...