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[Sebatianos]

Originally posted by PrejudiceSucks@Jul 19 2005, 06:49 PM
Freedom of speech is one thing that I admire, but prejudice using free speech as an excuse is not.

On the other hand you might say that any comment made against something is based on nothing more then prejudice - and that the freedom of speach is abused.

There is such a thing as being oversensitive - political correctness is a good example of that: Just why would you call someone an African-American? Are they African? Were they ever in Africa? Then you'd have to call the rest of them European-Americans, Asian-American, South-of-the-boarder-American,... The only reason the word African-American isn't seen as abusive is that it's too long to use it as a swear word. Otherwise somebody would already do it. I can say the sweetest - most non-offensive word with such a voice that you'd know I ment it as a curse word!