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Jan 12, 2012 7:46 AM
Breaking news.
Jan 12, 2012 7:46am
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Jan 12, 2012 8:05 AM
THE4RINGZ;1049071 wrote:Breaking news.
Jan 12, 2012 8:05am
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Jan 12, 2012 9:00 AM
Political correctness strikes again.
Jan 12, 2012 9:00am
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Jan 12, 2012 9:25 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1049137 wrote:Political correctness strikes again.
You think it's ok to put "Lady chinky eyes" on a receipt that is given to a customer?
Jan 12, 2012 9:25am
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Jan 12, 2012 9:34 AM
FatHobbit;1049157 wrote:You think it's ok to put "Lady chinky eyes" on a receipt that is given to a customer?
No its not okay. But what is stupid is why this is made news. If you're offended by "lady chinky eyes" you need to grow some thicker skin. I seriously will never understand why this shit is such a big deal, I have been called way worse and I don't care about what people say about me. This lady needs to grow up.
Jan 12, 2012 9:34am
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Jan 12, 2012 9:37 AM
sleeper;1049165 wrote:No its not okay. But what is stupid is why this is made news. If you're offended by "lady chinky eyes" you need to grow some thicker skin. I seriously will never understand why this shit is such a big deal, I have been called way worse and I don't care about what people say about me. This lady needs to grow up.
Figured you would be back and one of your first posts back would be on something racial.
Jan 12, 2012 9:37am
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Jan 12, 2012 9:47 AM
Skyhook79;1049169 wrote:Figured you would be back and one of your first posts back would be on something racial.
Racial?

Hardly. I treat all races equally, period. I'm just tired of minorities always trying to play the race card and I'm not afraid to call it like I see it. If that's racism, then so be it.
Jan 12, 2012 9:47am
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Jan 12, 2012 9:54 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1049137 wrote:Political correctness strikes again.
lol, wut? It's not about political correctness. It's about not being a raging racist asshole.
Jan 12, 2012 9:54am
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Jan 12, 2012 9:57 AM
justincredible;1049185 wrote:lol, wut? It's not about political correctness. It's about not being a raging racist asshole.

You shut your socialist mouth :D
Jan 12, 2012 9:57am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:00 AM
sleeper;1049165 wrote:No its not okay. But what is stupid is why this is made news. If you're offended by "lady chinky eyes" you need to grow some thicker skin. I seriously will never understand why this shit is such a big deal, I have been called way worse and I don't care about what people say about me. This lady needs to grow up.
There is nothing that a straight white male can be called that is offensive.
Jan 12, 2012 10:00am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:02 AM
Louis CK said it best.

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Jan 12, 2012 10:02am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:14 AM
justincredible;1049191 wrote:There is nothing that a straight white male can be called that is offensive.
Exactly. Do you know why this is? Because straight white men have thick skin.

If you take offense to anything that someone says, you deserve the negative feelings. I don't feel sorry for anyone getting picked on, this is the way we weed out the weak in our society. I'm not advocating bullying in the form of violence because violence is never the answer, but I think verbal abuse is important to creating a stronger more independent person.
Jan 12, 2012 10:14am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:14 AM
As the parent of two adopted Asian kids, I can tell you for a fact that most of the Asians I know don't play the race card often. However, the terms "chink", and "gook" are equal to calling other races/nationalities the N-word, or other extremely derogitory racial terms. Especially calling a Korean a "chink" is probably the greatest insult you can call them.

That aside, we all know it happens everyday in our society.
Jan 12, 2012 10:14am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:16 AM
old news
Jan 12, 2012 10:16am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:16 AM
sleeper;1049208 wrote:Exactly. Do you know why this is? Because straight white men have thick skin.

If you take offense to anything that someone says, you deserve the negative feelings. I don't feel sorry for anyone getting picked on, this is the way we weed out the weak in our society. I'm not advocating bullying in the form of violence because violence is never the answer, but I think verbal abuse is important to creating a stronger more independent person.
No, it's because there is literally not a single offensive thing we can be called. It has nothing to do with thick skin.
Jan 12, 2012 10:16am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:23 AM
justincredible;1049212 wrote:No, it's because there is literally not a single offensive thing we can be called.
White trash?
Jan 12, 2012 10:23am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:27 AM
justincredible;1049212 wrote:No, it's because there is literally not a single offensive thing we can be called. It has nothing to do with thick skin.
Jackass? Asshole? MF'r? I know these don't offend you because white men have thick skin. They are race neutral terms.

Try calling a black man any of those words, I'm sure they won't just brush it off. Instead they are likely to label you a racist.
Jan 12, 2012 10:27am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:45 AM
sleeper;1049224 wrote:Jackass? Asshole? MF'r? I know these don't offend you because white men have thick skin. They are race neutral terms.

Try calling a black man any of those words, I'm sure they won't just brush it off. Instead they are likely to label you a racist.
Indeed. Calling a white guy an "asshole" is not even in the same universe as calling an Asian "lady chinky eyes."
Jan 12, 2012 10:45am
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Jan 12, 2012 10:54 AM
justincredible;1049267 wrote:Indeed. Calling a white guy an "****" is not even in the same universe as calling an Asian "lady chinky eyes."
Why?
Jan 12, 2012 10:54am
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Jan 12, 2012 11:04 AM
sleeper;1049285 wrote:Why?
Because asshole isn't a racial slur?
Jan 12, 2012 11:04am
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Jan 12, 2012 11:05 AM
justincredible;1049298 wrote:Because **** isn't a racial slur?
I guess I should rephrase. Why is a racial slur considered to be worse? That is what I'm trying to allude to.
Jan 12, 2012 11:05am
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Jan 12, 2012 11:06 AM
sleeper;1049165 wrote:If you're offended by "lady chinky eyes" you need to grow some thicker skin.
The easily offended spend money too, and Papa Johns is not currently in the position of offending any potential customers.
Jan 12, 2012 11:06am
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Jan 12, 2012 11:19 AM
queencitybuckeye;1049304 wrote:The easily offended spend money too, and Papa Johns is not currently in the position of offending any potential customers.
I'm not defending Papa Johns. I'm merely saying this is an overreaction and should not be national news or any news at best. If the situation occurred where I was the customer and the person wrote "Jackass" as my name on the receipt, I would either laugh or call to the attention of their error. I wouldn't go on to social media and try to paint myself as a victim and imply that Papa Johns is somehow racist or insensitive to consumer's feelings.
Jan 12, 2012 11:19am
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Jan 12, 2012 11:21 AM
If they wrote "Man round eyes" on my receipt I wouldn't make a federal case out of it, especially if they were doing it for identification purposes.

The only thing is that they could have chosen better wording, like "Asian Lady", but of course that would have been made a big deal too.
Jan 12, 2012 11:21am