AntiParty
Tea is the new Kool-Aid
- Mar 12, 2014
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Why can't we say shit, fuck and asshole. They are just words with the very same definition of other words we use all the time.
Because those are Anglo-Saxon terms. Blame the Normans, who insisted on replacing the Germanic (e.g. "piss") with the French "urine").
I know you think you have an answer. Truth is people have been correcting certain words all along. It's generally only derogatory terms that gain a different definition.
Shit becomes poop. Fuck becomes sex. Retarded becomes mentally handicapped. Redskins become=????????
You're talking about a different thing there; you may be aiming for the social navigations we call "PC". I'm talking linguistic segregation.
It's a bit like religious politics -- the norm of the vanquished becomes the devil of the victor.
My points and perspectives were factual and solid. You consistently dodge debate with vague information. Care to debate me on the topic or?
Translation:
"It's over my head".
Yeah I know, everything you post is like spewing forth buckets of profundity and shit. Heard it all before, Danth.
Two different approaches but both relevant. Such linguistic preferences as this victor (French) replacing the vanquished (old English) terms, ultimately serve the same purpose as your PC observation: to establish upper and lower social classes.
Ponder it.
Then why is the term "retarded" deemed not ok to use and now it's mentally disabled. Why is the term "Redskin" deemed not ok to use.
I realize I need to spell everything out for you now.
Your translation of "over my head" was spot on. Try to debate the topic.