The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157619 Message #3721216
Posted By: Steve Shaw
05-Jul-15 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: We cannot have an opinion
Subject: RE: We cannot have an opinion
"You" is not derogatory.
"People" is not derogatory.
"You people" is not derogatory.
All entirely neutral, and used only to save typing a whole list of names.
Well now, let's see. And I'm going to have to type the bloody F-word here, which is totally against my personal online policy...
"Fuck" is not derogatory. In fact, in the right setting, it can be a beautiful word.
"Off" is not derogatory. It has a number of different applications in many different contexts. A pretty ordinary and useful word, in fact.
"Keith" is not derogatory. It's a perfectly normal boy's name. Not my personal favourite by a long chalk, but hey ho.
Need I say more? I bloody hope not.