Chels, giving all the benefit of the doubt, the namecalling was done before my post. So, let's hope it stops.

And Livingston, does it make it right because the media have called our politicians these names? Namecalling is namecalling no matter who does it. My daughter was yanked inside when I heard her call a classmate a name. She didn't even know what she was saying was mean, she thought it was funny and actually affectionate. Didn't matter to me. It was wrong and I told her why it was wrong.

If there is anyone here whose parents didn't say, "if so and so jumped, would you, too?" or "just because the whole school does it doesn't make it right" or words to that effect, I'll eat every hat I own (and I collect baseball caps). What is the difference between that and justifying saying something just because the media does it?