Quote Originally Posted by BlueCat
I said I was offended by the remark "filthy rag heads" Breu. It is a racist remark. Just because you are indo european does not give you a free pass for racial slurs. I think when black people use the N word it is wrong too. IMO A slur is a slur and it is disrespectful no matter what color you are.

And I did say that Great Spirit wishing a bomb on you did not help to support the case that he was any less fanatical.... I have not read enough of his post to have respect for him in the first place.

Your remark took me by surprise. When I have heard the terms filthy rag head or towel head before it came from the mouth of a knuckle dragging hayseed type person wearing a confederate flag t shirt and missing half his teeth.
That is as "racist" a definition of a Southerner as they come! Do a search on this board for the word "redneck" and you'll see countless examples of people using the word, which certainly is a slur. Why is "raghead" worse? Why should Arabs receive special treatment, when American Southern people, and other Americans have open season declared on them - by the Arabs as well as everybody else. If one group is exempt, THAT is "racism".

Just some food for thought, and dialog.