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Originally Posted by Lakesrider
"Flatlander" is basically discriminatory in nature. If your not one of us, you are one of them. Sayings like that should have passed into oblivion by now, but we are a still a bigoted country. You might not think so but when you call someone a "Flatlander" look at the reaction you get. People feel hurt, left out or unwanted. Perfect description of Discrimination still alive and well in our America!
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I wouldn't go so far as to call it discrimination and don't see Flatlander Rights being violated or a Flatlander Pride march going on...
...I see it as the
intent of the word...
Any word can become offensive - if you let it - and use it as a weapon - either by the intent in which you use it or a special meaning you give it.
I had my oldest Argelet drop a little verbal bomb on me the other day. I think he was trying a new word just to see the effect it would have. I told him that he couldn't shock me and his words had no power over me but that he could expect to get in trouble for using it at school, if he wished to find that out on his own. Funny how that just took the wind outta his sails...