If I accept someones apology I say I accept it and I drop it. I don’t snipe a few lines down that if she wants "to be known as a bubbleheaded bigotted bimbo that’s okay too… That is not by my definition gracefully accepting one’s sincere apology.
For example, if BBJ had said, “Hey…I apologize for what I said” then later in the same post said, “But I still think those people were acting white trashy” would that have been considered a sincere apology? Nope.
Of course I am out of the “time limit” on posting so I guess you can just ignore my opinion. I’m still waiting on the chart…
Well, maybe so … but some of the people involved unequivocally accepted BBJ’s apology, and others, well, I think their equivocations should be ignored, in a spirit of mutual harmony and etcetera. IMHO.
At any rate, could we stop it with the monkey feces already? In my (admittedly limited) experience, nothing good comes of monkey feces.
Sorry, BBJ. Get rest, get together, and come back when you can.
This may be true in New Zealand, but, (strictly for the purpose of fighting ignorance), it should be noted that in the U.S. (where it originated), “white trash” does have racist origins. There are now people who use it as a classist insult rather than a racist one (I have never heard it used as purely descriptive in the U.S.). However, in origin, the phrase meant a white person who was so low on the social scale that they were no better than (or even lower than) a black person. They were “trash” of whom the only redeeming thing about them was their skin color.
I find it interesting that it has moved out from North America. There are people in the U.S. who are unaware of the phrase’s origins. However, it is quite possible in the U.S. to give more offense than was even intended if one’s audience includes people who are aware of its origins.
I don’t know about everywhere but in my neck of the woods the people I hear call someone white trash or say they are acting like white trash mean the following:
They are behaving in a low class, ignorant kind of way.
They are dressed in a low class, trashy kind of way.
They made a statement that was low class or ignorant.
Basically they aren’t acting, speaking or behaving like they have the sense the good Lord gave them.
But thank you for the post about the origin…I learned something today which is always a goal.
You know what, lezers? I don’t know you from Eve (not Eve, the other Eve), but between this thread and the previous thread, the way you keep harping on Diane and techchick, you’re starting to sound like BBJ and why she posted this apology thread in the first place.
I didn’t realize that standing up for people was the same as picking on them in the first place. The posters that I’ve addressed were being unnecisarily rude to either BBJ or Aries, or were addressing me directly.
My bad.
Sorry, but if someone’s acting like an ass, I’m gonna call them on it. And if someone posts a message to me, I’m going to respond. Notice, that all of my posts except for the initial ones were in response to posts directed towards me.
I’ve always thought it rude to not respond when you are being addressed. Don’t like it? There are hundreds of other threads to read on this board.
Thank you, my friend…but no one is “picking on me” exactly. They just don’t appear to believe that I am really who I am, from what I can gather…they think I am a fake and that I have “formed an online personality” that is not true. And that is their right. As I said, no one is universally liked. I don’t expect to be either. It hurt for awhile, but I got over it. The people who know me love me…and that is more than anyone can expect. Actually, it is so MUCH more than anyone can expect…my friends KNOW me, and they KNOW that who I am is who I AM. The rest have the right to their opinions.
I haven’t told you, or anyone, who it is for exactly this reason. I don’t want anyone being given grief just because they don’t like me. I don’t like me sometimes either, although not for the same reasons…so how can I fault anyone else for feeling the same way?
It’s okay. I’M okay with it. But thank you for your (as usual) loyal support. I love you.
