for use of the term "Obamaniac". Bob, cripes, that's so last month. We are ow trying to heal our divisions and behave nice with each other.
"Disaffecting fellow Dems is counterproductive".
Get it Bob?
... at my county convention, the Obama delegates had home-made t-shirts and signs with "Obamamaniac" all over them.
So -
- let me get this straight:
It's TRable to call the Obama supporters a name that, they themselves, have endorsed?
Really, you make my head spin.....
Traditionally self-identification has always allowed wider margins of expression than labeling-the-other.
E.g., don't use the d--- word if you're not a lesbian yourself, or the n----- word if you're not black.
Yeah well f___ that.
That's friggin Orwellian.
No, politeness vs rudeness has nothing to do with Orwell. Everything to do with proper-vs-improper familiarity.
Someone can't be polite/rude/offensive to him/herself. Another person can however be polite/rude/offensive to them.
Therefore I can be offended by words you say to me, even though I would not be offended if I said the same things about myself.
Is this now plain enough for you to understand?
Really, the concept of improper familiarity is hardly a new one.
