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Originally Posted by jwb
most truly affective insults have collateral damage
You mentioned previously you already acknowledge this but you draw a line somewhere so you see the f word as worse than bitch etc. I agree. I just have as different line than you. I wouldn't call someone the n word regardless of the context. It's bad enough that I don't use it. I used bitch more liberally than the f word. Same with retard. Even less serious are words like stupid, dumb, blind, etc. I don't disagree some words are more harmful than others. But all of these words embrace stigmas and stereotypes that affect entire groups of people. So we both have a line. My line is different from yours.
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that's true. I also think it's excusable (to a certain extent) to cross your own line a bit when you're really provoked
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Honestly, if your IQ was 85 what do you think you would be doing to make a living?
Access to a better livelihood is absolutely life or death in a capitalist economy. Property is a legal term and without it you die in the cold. It’s absolutely systematic and the backbone of every western democracy.
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I'm pretty sure my brains won't ever make me rich, or even averagely wealthy. I know many smart poor people, but even when you admit that it's easier to get rich when you're smart I wouldn't say the average dumb person is so poor they die (certainly not in Holland of course)