Does it bug you when people live down to negative stereotypes?

See, it is your position that your complaint is legitimate and mine that it is not. So yes, going this far in service to a complaint that is not as legitimate as you make it out to be is “oversensitive.”

And you’re still on about my “trivializing of the experiences of acquaintance rape survivors,” only now it’s right after accepting my explanation that my metaphor was ill-thought-out.

It is YOUR position that I have, and mine that I have not.

We’re getting nowhere with this argument and subsequent derailing. You’re entitled to hold whatever opinion you like of my statements in this thread, but your formation and holding of that opinion, regardless of how many agree with you, is going to be the only thing that comes out of this.

I’m sorry to hear about this Kyla, but is there any Romany who has a burning desire to break the “stereotype”?

Come to think of it: are there any Dopers out there who are Romany or came from (or are still) that background? (Sort of “Ask the Romany…”)