Thread: This has been on my mind for the last few days.....

I have a vent.
My vent is why do people jump on you for using a word as soon as you use it? Why can't they pm you instead first and ask you if you wouldn't mind changing it because it is offensive to them. But Nooooo they have to shake their finger at you in front of the whole flipping world first so that you feel very stupid for saying it.

I say words that I hear on a day to day bases. So if my words offend someone pm me first. And if I don't see it your way, then ruin my thread or post. But at least give me the benefit of the doubt that maybe it's just what I'm use to hearing where I come from.

The word I used was jew. I was talking about a girl that I had told to jew someone down on the price of the computer. And bam! soon as I posted it someone got on to me for it. OK I can understand something bothering someone that might not bother someone else. But at least pm them first. Because where I come from that word is used all the time. I don't even mentally associate it with the religious believe. So therefore in my own mind it wasn't a slur against no one. It's just a word that is used all the time where I live at when you are talking about getting someone to lower the price. And I'm very sorry that it offended anyone here. But if you come to the south you best get ready to grit your teeth allot or grip everyone out for saying it, because it is quiet common down here to say it. And I don't know any Jew's in real life.

Another word that I have been told to not say is witch. OK that's another one that is used very often in my area to describe a hateful woman. A nice way to call someone a B*tch so to speak. I don't know any witches in real life either only in fairy tales. So please if someone says a "word" that bothers you. PM them first and ask them not to say it or to change it. But don't just shake your finger at them and make them feel stupid. Because believe me, that was the last thought from my mind was to poke fun at someone for their believes.

I just needed to get that off my chest.