05-24-2008, 07:09 PM
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#1649 (permalink)
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| Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles Gender:  Posts: 11,893 Country:  Points: 39,710, Level: 100 | Level up: 0%, 0 Points needed | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tristanrobin I hope we never degenerate so much that we become immune to people who denigrate and dehumanize us.
Just accept slurs and offensive names?
No thanks. | It only matters if you let it.
Going through life on the constant lookout for an excuse to take a comment as offensive, and believing that somehow you are denigrated and "dehumanized' (!) only shows a chronic sense of insecurity or a deep-seated sense of guilt.
Or both.
In other words, get over it.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words will never hurt me"
-Anon |