Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 2210938)

While I do speak my mind, I don't INTENTIONALLY try to offend people. When I apologize, I'm not changing my mind on what I said.

Originally Posted by JRcorvette (Post 2210907)

Everyone knows who causes most of the crime in America. No need to mention it.

Originally Posted by SallyB (Post 2210919)

Look up why they want us to stop saying Grandfather, because of the term "Grandfathered"

Originally Posted by HORNET (Post 2211001)

This is what’s wrong with the world! If it bothers you, fine, but I don’t want to hear it and don’t care. Do what you want and don’t force it down my throat.

Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 2210938)

While I do speak my mind, I don't INTENTIONALLY try to offend people. When I apologize, I'm not changing my mind on what I said.

Originally Posted by DennisDee (Post 2210939)

Regarding my preferred pronouns...I often thought "emperor" would great.

Originally Posted by Lea N (Post 2211033)

I just googled this and couldn't believe what I read. As a woman I'm not offended at the word housework - as it implies offends women's role in housekeeping.

Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko (Post 2211016)

So these 2 polish guys go deer hunting. They walk for about an hour and then spot a very very large buck with a large rack of horns. They both fire and put him down. They start dragging him by the feet back to their pick-up truck. After about 1/2 hour, one stops and says, the rack of horns keeps catching on the bushes and trees. It would be a lot easier to drag the deer by the antlers so it wouldn't get stuck along the way. The other hunter agrees. After 2 more hours of dragging the buck, they stop to rest. One hunter says, you know, I think we are getting farther away from the truck.

One man asks another, why are so many Italians named Tony? The man answers, the boats of immigrants went past the Statue of Liberty, docked and let all the passengers off. They were seperated into groups going to different locations. For New York locations, the heads of the men were stamped in an abbreviated form, TO NY once they arrived they were all registered that way.

We have all been raised in a racist world. If you get to adulthood and don't realize that and still talk ill of people, it's because your are ignorant. And we will talk ill of you, smarten up.




QUOTE=BrianL99;2210567]OK, so admittedly this is somewhat of a troll.

I know better than to think the conversation will remain civil, but I'm curious.

In today's world, we'd be pummeled for characterizing a person of color, as a ... (insert your own adjective).

We surely don't call people with physical disabilities, "cripples" or even "handicapped".

In some circles of government, words like "terrorist" are even verboten.

Hardly a comedian in the world, would risk mouthing a "Polish Joke".

We're not supposed to identify folks, based on their sexual preference or even their "birth gender/sex". Essentially, it's no longer deemed proper to identify people based on their lifestyle choices.

The acceptable stereotyping of our youth, has gone by the boards.

Aren't words like: "yankee", "northerner", "snowbirds", etc., used in the same sort of derogatory way, unacceptable stereotyping?

I read and hear those words every day in The Villages, used almost exclusively as a pejorative.

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI (Post 2211042)

Mine are Your Majesty or Sire.

Originally Posted by MisterPratt (Post 2210845)

Could it be we are evolving as a nation? Think of the words that were common place years ago. Colored became black to Afro-American. Miss, Mrs. became Ms. White has become Euro-American. More diversity in advertising, etc. the list goes on and on. There was a time blacks and females weren’t permitted to vote. One can only guess what was being talked about when these changes were taking place. As Bob Dylan wrote, “these times they are a changin.” Each generation goes through it. As example, your parents yelled to you to turn that music down, how can you listen to that garbage. Now, the parents today complain about their kids music.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2210618)

WTF, it’s getting to the point where people are afraid to speak! It must really suck trying to be a comedian these days, all you can do is make fun of yourself.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2211000)

It’s not clear why you think asking that question is hard. It’s no harder than asking what’s your birthdate or address. It’s only hard if it’s met with difficult remarks from judgemental people.

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann (Post 2210859)

I guess Dutch Masters cigars would be made taboo now, if all things tobacco were not already taboo.
Still, the Florida legislature worries me, outlawing “Drag Shows” if children might see them. A friend of mine used to travel the country as a musician, playing his bagpipes at festivals, parades, policemen’s funerals, etc, if full kilt and highland regalia . Now in Florida he would be arrested and those sponsoring the events he performed at would be pilloried, fined, and who knows what else.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2211092)

Why on earth is he concerned about being arrested?

Originally Posted by perrjojo (Post 2210713)

I think the point the OP was making is that Snowbird, Yankee and Notherner may be derogatory terms yet we use them freely here in TV. Being a Southern girl I use the terms as terms of endearment and sometimes as a derogatory term.

Originally Posted by IndianaJones (Post 2210863)

Your "troll" question was actually this:

Aren't words like: "yankee", "northerner", "snowbirds", etc., used in the same sort of derogatory way, unacceptable stereotyping?

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2210981)

Ironic. To label the team with a derogatory adjective and persist using that name, implies openly bullying anyone who doesn’t agree with those views.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2210983)

Ah the old days when we all could be open racists. Sickening.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2210985)

Amen! We need more opinions like this to squelch out the over abundant racist views on Talk of The Villages.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2210988)

Well that would be confusing to your friends.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2210990)

How do you stand all that body wagging? Must be hard for you. :cryin2:

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2210993)

Was that a humble opinion? Sounded the opposite of humble. Spoiled, entitled. I didn’t hear humble words. Regardless, It also sounds like you do not stand by your own words and want to erase the current history. The old history is written. You may not like the current history, and may want to stick to your degrading dictionary, but gender pronouns and cancel culture are history: todays history. Ignorance is blind.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2210999)

You mean that other people would like the focus to go away from white privileged males to anyone else? God forbid!

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2211000)

It’s not clear why you think asking that question is hard. It’s no harder than asking what’s your birthdate or address. It’s only hard if it’s met with difficult remarks from judgemental people.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2211097)

A man in Florida wearing a skirt out in public where children might be present? Why *wouldn't* he be concerned? Yes, ridiculous, but these are strange times we live in.

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 2210922)

That is because Kyle was the victim defending himself and others. The men he shot were murderous thugs.

Originally Posted by Lea N (Post 2211033)

I just googled this and couldn't believe what I read. As a woman I'm not offended at the word housework - as it implies offends women's role in housekeeping.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2211118)

Looks like we got a new shooter at the craps table... Come on 7! Baby needs a new pair of shoes!

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2210974)

Wife and I grew up in London during WW2 with bombs and rockets falling, food shortages, rationing, and freezing cold because there was nothing left to burn.
My heart bleeds for GEN Z, and all their perceived problems with what gender they are, and where they can buy their drugs.
You play the hand you are dealt, or fold.
Get real.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2211118)

Looks like we got a new shooter at the craps table... Come on 7! Baby needs a new pair of shoes!

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2211128)

Incorrect opinion.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2211130)

Bring it on. I can always use new shoes. They make my calves look sexy. You forgot my quote about referring to me as “Your Omnipotence”. Nice to meet ya Tom Petty. I may lurk some more or come back out for fun when it suits me.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2211043)

Everything on Google is 100% true, 100% of the time, except when it’s not.

The issue at large is that they want the American language to stop elevating males, while demoralizing women. You can call your grandpa, forefather, gramps, ancestor or even grandfather. It’s okay.

Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2211127)

When I was a kid younger men and boys were addressed as “master”. The term is still used quite a bit over in England. Is it derogatory now?

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2211144)

Even the word History glorifies males. It should be His/Her Story.

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2211098)

Thank you for reading and understanding my point.

The fact that there are 7 pages of responses and only (2) people understood my simple, basic English, speaks volumes about the reading and comprehension ability of Villagers. I suppose you could consider my conclusion "stereotyping", but the facts seem to warrant the conclusion.

(I don't think the terms "Snowbird", "Yankee" or "Northerner" are inherently pejorative, they just always seem to be used that way in TV (& perhaps other places I don't frequent).

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2211097)

A man in Florida wearing a skirt out in public where children might be present? Why *wouldn't* he be concerned? Yes, ridiculous, but these are strange times we live in.

Originally Posted by sandyblanquera@gmail.com (Post 2211053)

Please refer to me as Your Omnipotence.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2211054)

Hush yo mouth about evolution. Don't you know the only good times, were the times in the 1950's? When them colored folk new their place, irish were cops or maids, eye-talians were only good for gambling and keeping the cops busy, and mexicans picked oranges in the groves, period.

The only people who had value were white folks - and even then, men were running things. Married women weren't allowed to have their own bank account, their husbands had to co-own the account, and they weren't allowed to have their own credit cards. There was no assisted living - you either died at home or you went into a "home" where you were given laudanum so you wouldn't notice how miserable you were, until you died an undignified death in your own excrement and bedsores.

Women who didn't marry were called "spinsters" and lived with the shame of being unsuitable as wives, while men who didn't marry were called "bachelors" and clapped on the back for being free-spirited.

Most families didn't own more than one car per household - and why would they need more? The wives stayed home, the husbands worked, the milk was delivered to the house.

Everyone and their brother had polio. Thalidomide, taken as a miracle anti-nausea drug for pregnant women, was the most notable cause 10s of thousands of deformities and deaths in newborns. Tuburculosis, influenza, and pneumonia were fast killers of millions of Americans during that decade, and smoking was advertised and encouraged as a healthy and healthful habit.

A 1949 advertisement for Viceroy cigarettes claimed dentists recommended them for healthy teeth.

So much awesome in the 1950's right? We should return to the good ole days and never try to improve on our species, or its vocabulary.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2211141)

So you admit you're a troll... Cool!

Originally Posted by LianneMigiano (Post 2211061)

Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2211156)

The US mail carrier: Ok I know it’s a homophone (not sure if we can use the term “homo” anymore in front of words). But we can’t call a mail carrier a female carrier unless you are Bud Light? So Why not call the US mail the US letter processing unit? Females will not be slighted by the evolved term?

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2211098)

Thank you for reading and understanding my point.

The fact that there are 7 pages of responses and only (2) people understood my simple, basic English, speaks volumes about the reading and comprehension ability of Villagers. I suppose you could consider my conclusion "stereotyping", but the facts seem to warrant the conclusion.

(I don't think the terms "Snowbird", "Yankee" or "Northerner" are inherently pejorative, they just always seem to be used that way in TV (& perhaps other places I don't frequent).