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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:47 PM Original message |
Do you consider the term "you people" to be derogatory? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. as always: |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Almost always. n/t |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not when it is used like this: |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. heh. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. When you say it with quotation marks, absolutely. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. You people may want to clear the building as it is on fire. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think "you people" are beating a dead horse here! |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. You people. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Only when Ross Perot says it to a group of African-Americans. n/t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes, from whomever it comes and in whatever context, |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. some of my best friends are "you people" |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That is so sweet! |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Relative to the speaker and listener; but some use it like 'you all.' Both are poor grammar, anyway. |
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