Parents call police on teacher over LGBT book.

[Audie]

The proper term is "phantom".

Oh?

 

[John53]

Pointless snark just gets you ignored

Fair enough, I should have ignored your pointless "creationist" insults.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Nor should one student's.

Sounds like we're on the same page - let the teacher determine what gets read in their classroom.

 

[Revoltingest]

Of course.
I think of redneck as being a positive description..

Not the same as white trash.

Both are positive when we refer to each other as such.
But when someone uses the terms to dis another's
race & class, that's bigotry.

 

[Audie]

Fair enough, I should have ignored your pointless "creationist" insults.

Insult them? For from it. Ive accurately reported
on their behaviour- insulting themselves far
beyond my small power to add or detract.

Meanwhile, you insulted your own intelligence
with meaningless snark.

Keep it up if you like but its hardly Quality rhetoric.

 

[Audie]

Both are positive when we refer to each other as such.
But when someone uses the terms to dis another's
race & class, that's bigotry.

OK, what do I know of American social distinctions

 

[Audie]

Sounds like we're on the same page - let the teacher determine what gets read in their classroom.

Too much trust

 

[Kathryn]

Sounds like we're on the same page - let the teacher determine what gets read in their classroom.

No, we're not really on the same page. I don't generally trust teachers to raise up kids the way I would raise them up. They need to stick with the basics more in my opinion.

 

[John53]

Insult them? For from it. Ive accurately reported
on their behaviour- insulting themselves far
beyond my small power to add or detract.

Meanwhile, you insulted your own intelligence
with meaningless snark.

Keep it up if you like but its hardly Quality rhetoric.

Good try but I know you know I meant your "creationist" slur directed at Evangelicalhumanist.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

So it's a "racist lite" term used by the elites to dis men doing manual labor?

No, it's more used by whites and blacks, probably originally against the white working class, but it came to take on a disparaging remark against Southerners and those perceived as having as "absence of sophistication," as Foxworthy defines it.

 

[Revoltingest]

No, it's more used by whites and blacks, probably originally against the white working class, but it came to take on a disparaging remark against Southerners and those perceived as having as "absence of sophistication," as Foxworthy defines it.

I notice that those who wield the term
seem to believe they're superior to
"rednecks" in education, ethics, & culture.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I notice that those who wield the term
seem to believe they're superior to
"rednecks" in education, ethics, & culture.

Have you ever watched Jeff Foxworthy?

 

[Audie]

Good try but I know you know I meant your "creationist" slur directed at Evangelicalhumanist.

I didn't know that and it want a slur.
It was a valid comparison.
I'm not keeping up that sorry exchange
with him, or you.

 

[Audie]

I notice that those who wield the term
seem to believe they're superior to
"rednecks" in education, ethics, & culture.

It certainly was in the use that got
the topic started.
" gun- totin' rednecks" or whatever it was

 

[TLK Valentine]

Too much trust

As opposed to a state politician? That's the proper amount of trust?

 

[TLK Valentine]

No, we're not really on the same page. I don't generally trust teachers to raise up kids the way I would raise them up. They need to stick with the basics more in my opinion.

Your opinion is noted. But if not the teachers, then who? The state government?

 

[Revoltingest]

Have you ever watched Jeff Foxworthy?

No.
But I've heard of his name.

 

[Revoltingest]

It certainly was in the use that got
the topic started.
" gun- totin' rednecks" or whatever it was

When one can't effectively argue against gun
ownership, it's useful to mis-characterize the
entire group. Or....they're just angry over the
issue, & lash out.
I'm prolly better educated, further north, &
whiter-of-neck than most who'd demonize
me thus.

 

[Audie]

When one can't effectively argue against gun
ownership, it's useful to mis-characterize the
entire group. Or....they're just angry over the
issue, & lash out.
I'm prolly better educated, further north, &
whiter-of-neck than most who'd demonize
me thus.

I prolly don't look like a redneck

 

[Audie]

As opposed to a state politician? That's the proper amount of trust?

As Ronaldus Magnus said,
" trust but verify"