Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Linguistic Intolerance

I was having a phone conversation with a dear friend who has more in common with my grandparents' generation than my own.

After a bit of banter, he exclaimed "I really hate how generous your generation is with the word f@#k. Back in my day, that was the mother of all offensive words and you kids throw it around like it's nothin'."
I instantly replied, "I really hate how generous your generation is with the word n#%%*r. To me, that's the mother of all offensive words and you kids threw it around like it was nothin'."

After a moment or two, we decided instead to hate the types of people that use the two together.

Peace achieved.


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