well saying hick or rednecks are dangerous could inflict pain on some nice country person. but i don’t think that was your intent hedge hog i just notice irony. think i’m aware of the many changes in social graces through the generations. i find it ironic when people talk to me about gossipers. i don’t think they see them doing it as gossip too. like i said it wasn’t judgement, i just noticed most if not all people do it to some degree. i’ve generalized and name called. if some one is rude to me i’m inclined to call them a name and i don’t blame manny for wanting to call his attackers names. it does’nt bother me i grew up on east coast, so i wouldn’t take the word hick offensively. But some would if they take offense to name calling.
Well, like I said, the “name calling” is sometimes an accurate short-form description of a group or even an individual. It’s matter-of-fact and proven over time to be unfortunately accurate.
There are many many things in this world that humans do that are genuinely hurtful, horrible and abusive. So many things to feel upset about are happening around the world. While I don’t want to hurt anyone on any level, I guess I see this as a pretty minor infraction, and perfection is just too much to ask.
oh like i said it wasn’t pointing a finger it was just an instance that made me think of other instances and where do we draw the line because there are always degrees. i mean even in physical abuse there are degrees such as lightly slapping a hand vs beating someone to death. Not that i make any world decisions but i think about these things. In the US we still have free speech it’s not that way in all countries.
yeah i agree @anon21849028 and i’d go even further to say there is good and bad in all people some more than others, degrees again.
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You can lose your mind by looking at the other side of things in relationships. If you look at everybody elses point of view in a conflict you’l drive yourself mad and you’ll lose your own point of view.
true @77nick77. I should have focused more on manny’s and hedgehog’s hurt instead of focusing on my confusion about name calling. Also, @Hedgehog I understand it would hurt that your other friend’s weren’t there for you. I apologize manny and hedgehog and am sorry you both were hurt. I’m going to try to work on this for my and other’s sake. Thanks for the tip.
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