"Go see shut-ins"? - Democratic Underground

trof

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:36 PM
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"Go see shut-ins"?

That's what our resident* just said.
Isn't that term sort of out of favor now?
Like cripples and retards?
Or am I just being too nit picky?

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omshanti

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:38 PM
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1. it's still used in Black Southern churches

at the church my in-laws attend, they always have a list of 'sick and shut-in' members of the congregation.

Was it said in that context?

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trof

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:40 PM
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5. Just on CNN

in another of his smarmy "whut Murkans need to do to hep each other out" speeches.
I haven't heard the term for a long time.
It ocurs to me that most former "shut-ins" aren't any more.

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comsymp

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:39 PM
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2. Uh-oh, another retread

He did the shut-ins thing a couple years ago, 'cept we were supposed to go hug 'em then. If you dig around, there's a hilarious reference to it in one of Boudelang's columns.

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BurtWorm

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:39 PM
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3. I wonder if he's going to visit Cheney

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DuctapeFatwa

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Wed Oct-15-03 02:07 PM
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8. LOL

Good one!

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BigMcLargehuge

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:39 PM
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4. I've never heard it used disparagingly

my cousin is a deacon who "prays with the shut-ins", for a year or so before she died my grandmother described herself as such. I've always seen it as a neutral description and not a slight.

My two cents.

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trof

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:42 PM
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6. There's a very good chance

that I just have a hair trigger when it comes to anything this guy says.

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arwalden

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Wed Oct-15-03 01:47 PM
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7. love people like you want to be loved yourself...

... it's probably just me... but that just sounds CREEPY. A little too sexual if you ask me.

But then, they keep telling me I'm perverted, so go figure.

-- Allen

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dfong63

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Wed Oct-15-03 02:59 PM
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9. so, what's the politically-correct terminology du jour?

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Kat45

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Wed Oct-15-03 02:59 PM
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10. No, it's not a disparaging term.

My church keeps a list of shut-ins among our congregation so people can check on them, visit them, etc.

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